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 |
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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. |
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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 |