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Johann Heinrich Rudorf (Pastor, Bach's Pupil)

Born: July 2, 1726 - Nischwitz, Saxony, Germany
Died: April 6, 1803 - Hayna, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Johann Heinrich Rudorf [Rudorff] was born the son of Johann Heinrich Rudorf (Pastor in Nischwitz). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on October 11, 1743; studied there from 1743 to 1747, since 1742 already as external; and at Universität Leipzig from 1747. As a Thomaner he was in Choir IV (in St. Peter's Church) from May 17, 1744 (Pentecost) to June 6, 1745 (Pentecost). Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. After his studies, he was Informant with Pastor Oernster in Wolteritz from 1751 (see C.F. Oernster, Thomasschule 1754); Pastor in Hayna from 1753, substituted in 1800. His younger bother, August Wilhelm Rudorf (1733-1797), was also a Thomaner (1745-1752).

 

Sources:
1. Bernd Koska: Dissertation "Bachs Thomaner als Kantoren in Mitteldeutschland" (Beeskow 2018), Anhang VII.1 Die Alumnen der Thomasschule 1710-1760, English translation by Aryeh Oron (April 2020)
2. Andreas Glöckner, Sabine Thomas and Melvin Unger: Alumni and Externals in the Choirs of the Thomas School during Bach's Time in Bach, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2009), pp. 17-22 (published by: Riemenschneider Bach Institute)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (April 2020)

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Bibliography

Sources: LA Wernigerode, A 29c, Nr. 39 (Hayner Pfarr-Ersetzung betr. 1751.
Literature: Dietmann IV, S. 1273f.; Richter 1907, Nr. 240; Pfarrerbuch Kirchenprovinz VII, S. 302D:

Bach's Pupils: List of Bach's Pupils | Actual and Potential Non-Thomaner Singers and Players who participated in Bach’s Figural Music in Leipzig | Alumni of the Thomasschule in Leipzig during Bach's Tenure | List of Bach's Private Pupils | List of Bach's Copyists
Thomanerchor Leipzig: Short History | Members: 1729 | 1730 | 1731 | 1740-1741 | 1744-1745 | Modern Times
Bach’s Pupils Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2
Articles: Organizional Structure of the Thomasschule in Leipzig | The Rules Established for the Thomasschule by a Noble and Very Wise Leipzig City Council - Printed by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf Leipzig, 1733 | Homage Works for Thomas School Rectors


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