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Thomanerchor Leipzig (Choir)
Members 1731

The first choir roster from J.S. Bach's term of office is found in the voice parts for the turba choruses of the St. Matthew and St. John chorale Passions ("Torgauer version") by Johann Walter (1496-1570) newly copied in 1722 by Christian Gottlieb Gerlach (1704-1773). It dates from the year 1731 and contains the names of ten alumni of the third choir- the choir that was sent to the Leipzig Neukirche for singing motets (see Figure 2 below). Incidentally, the students there were called an to sing figural music if necessity demanded it. Their participation may bc inferred, for example, from a recorded note from 1722: Johann Kuhnau had opposed "lending" the alumni for the performance of a Passion in the Neukirche. The Kantor was emphatically forewarned by the sitting mayor and was forced to concede: die St. Thomas pupils had to assist with the Passion performance.

Choir III (1731)

B(ass):

Praef | Neucke = Gottlob Heinrich Neicke (1709-1764?); age 22 years; Thomaner: 1724-1733

Lehman = Johann Christoph Lehmann (1709-1769); age 22 years; Thomaner: 1726-1731

Nitsche = Gotthelf Engelbert Nietzsche (1714-1804); age 17 years; Thomaner: 1730-1736

Sachse = Johann Gottfried Sachse (1711-unknown); age 20 years; Thomaner: 1726-1733

Ten.:

Haupt = Johann Gottlob Haupt (1714-unknown); age 17 years; Thomaner: 1727-1735

Krause min[or] = Johann Gottlob Krause (1714-unknown); age 17 years; Thomaner: 1730-1737

Alt:

Berger = Johann Gottfried Berger (1713-unknown); age 18 years; Thomaner: 1729 -1735

Braune = Johann Friedrich Braune (1714-unknown); age 17 years; Thomaner: 1727-1734

Dis[cant]:

Suppius = Wilhelm Eusebius Suppius (1714-1738); age 18 years; Thomaner: 1727-1733

Ludewig minor = Friedrich Wilhelm Ludewig (1713-1780); age 18 years; Thomaner: 1730-1736

Figure 2: Choir roster 1731, Bach-Archiv Leipzig, Go. S. 303, Discant voice part, inside bach cover.

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. 5-11 (Riemenschneider Bach Institute)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (April 2020)

Short Histroy of the Thomanerchor Leipzig

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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