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Thomanerchor Leipzig (Choir)
Members 1744-1745

Choirs from May 17, 1744 (Pentecost) to June 6, 1745 (Pentecost).

[Choir] I.

Thieme = Carl August Thieme (1721-1795); age 23-24 years; Thomaner: Bach's Pupil: 1735-1745

Machts = Johann Wilhelm Machts (1724-1805); age 20-21 years; Thomaner: 1735-1746

Pietzsch = Johann Pietzsch (1724-1744); age 20-21 years; Thomaner: 1739-1744

Weise = Christoph Heinrich Weise 22-23 years; Thomaner:

Hey = Johann August Heye (1724-1761); age 19-20 years; Thomaner: 1739-1745

Rausch = Johann Gottlieb Rausch (1723-1760); age 20-21 years; Thomaner: 1738-1747

Rothe, mai: = Christian Friedrich Rothe (1726-unknown); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1743-1748

Kaulisch = Benjamin Christian Kaulisch (1726-unknown); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1742-1748

Fritzsch = Johann Gottlieb August Fritzsche (1727-unknown); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1740-1745

Cunis = Johann Wilhelm Cunis (1725-1796); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1741-1747

Agthe = Christian Friedrich Agthe (1730-1747); age 14-15 years; Thomaner: 1743-1747

Schwartze = Gottlieb Wilhelm Schwartze (1732-1745); age 12-13 years; Thomaner: 1743-1745

Wagner = Johann Georg Wagner (1728-1779); age 15-16 years; Thomaner: 1744-1750

Gerstenberg = Gabriel Gottlob Gerstenberger 18-19 years; Thomaner:

Mittenzwey = Johann Christian Mittenzwei (1729-1765); age 15-16 years; Thomaner: 1742-1752

Mende = Johann Gottlob Mende (1732-unknown); age 11-12 years; Thomaner: 1744-1753

Rothe, min: = Gottlob Friedrich Rothe (1732-1813); age 10-11 years; Thomaner: 1744-1752

[Choir] II.

Engelmann = Carl Friedrich Gottlob Engelmann (1721-unknown); age 22-23 years; Thomaner: 1739-1745

Krebs = Johann Carl Krebs (1724-1759); age 20-21 years; Thomaner: 1740-1747

Albrecht = Gotthelf Christian Albrecht (1724-unknown); age 19-20 years; Thomaner: 1741-1747

[Baß] Bammler = Johann Nathanael Bammler (1722-1784); age 22-23 years; Thomaner: 1737-1747

Zimmermann = Georg Christoph Wilhelm Zimmermann (1724-1762); age 19-20 years; Thomaner: 1743-???

Graff = Christian Gottlob Graf (1726-1794); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1741-1746

Gensicken = Johann Friedrich Gensiken (1727-1803), age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1740-1747

Koppe = Wilhelm Christoph Koppe (1726-unknown); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1740-1747

Nützer = Johann Gottlieb Nützer (1724-unknown); age 19-20 years; Thomaner: 1737-1745

Aloesius = Gottfried Alösius (1726-unknown); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1740-1750

Geringmuth = Friedrich Wilhelm Geringmuth (1725-1802); age 19-20 years; Thomaner: 1740-1749

Friderici = Johann Conrad Friderici (1729-unknown); 15-16 years; Thomaner: 1744-1748

Freygang = Gabriel Gottlieb Freygang (1728-unknown); age 15-16 years; Thomaner: 1741-1747

Küchler = Carl Friedrich Küchler (1729-1758); age 14-15 years; Thomaner: 1743-1747

Freyberg = Friedrich August Freyberg (1728-1746); age 15-16 years; Thomaner: 1743-1746

Hecht = Christian Friedrich Hecht (1730-unknown); age 13-14 years; Thomaner: 1744-1751

Lincke = August Lincke (1729-1803); age 14-15 years; Thomaner: 1744-1750

[Choir] III. (in the New Church)

Ackermann = Johann Friedrich Ackermann (1726-1804); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1740-1747

Machaon = Friedrich Gotthelf Machaon (1724 unknown); age 19-20 years; Thomaner: 1740-1746

Herrmann = Johann Theodor Herrmann (1724-1781); age 19-20 years; T: 1739-1745

Müller = Johann Christian Müller (1723-unknown); age 21-22 years; Thomaner: 1740-1746

Dintsch = Johann Gottfried Dintzsch (1725-after 1756); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1741-1749

Rhodius = Johann Friedrich Rhode (1726-1795); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1741-1746

Ruhmer = Christian Ruhmer (1725-unknown); age 18-19 years; Thomaner: 1742-1747

Streubel = Johann Gottlob Streubel (1727-unknown); age 16-17 years; Thomaner: 1744 to 1748

Haupt = Carl Ephraim Haupt (1728-1783); age 16-17 years; Thomaner: 1744-1748

Richter = Christian Friedrich Richter (1727-after 1774); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1741-1748

Kupffer = Johann Gottlob Kupfer (1730-1744); age 14-15 years; Thomaner: 1743-1744

Harig = Johann Samuel Harich (1729-unknown); age 15-16 years; Thomaner: 1743-1752

Hoffmann = Christian Friedrich Hoffmann (1730-unknown); age 13-14 years; Thomaner: 1744-1752

[Chor] IV. (in St. Peter's Church)

Jahn = Johann Christian John (1721-1747); age 23-24 years; Thomaner: 1741-1746

Kästner = Gottlob Andreas Kästner (1723-unknown); age 20-21 years; Thomaner: 1740-1744

Süße = Carl Ernst Süße (1726-unknown); age 17-19 years; Thomaner: 1742-1747

Hertzberg = Carl Wendelin Hertzberg (1726-1801); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1742-1749

Naumann = Christoph Naumann (1729-1763); age 14-15 years; Thomaner: 1742-1750

Rudorff = Johann Heinrich Rudorf (1726-1803); age 17-18 years; Thomaner: 1743-1747

Langwagen = August Christoph Langwagen (1731-1783); age 12-13 years; Thomaner: 1744-1753

The first and second choirs, who served alternately in St. Thomas and St. Nicolas, each had 17 alumni at their disposal. For the New Church there were only 13 alumni, for the chorale singing in St. Peter's only 7.

Figure 4: Choir list 1744-45

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. 16-22 (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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