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Johann Gottfried Fulde (Pastor, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: September 21, 1718 - Nimptsch, Silesia, Germany
Died: January 4, 1796 - Dyhernfurth/Oder, Silesia, Germany (today: Brzeg Dolny, Lower Silesia, Poland) |
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Johann Gottfried Fulde attended from 1732 the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau (Wroclaw). From 1738 to 1743 he was a chorister (alto) at the Marien-Magdalenen-Kirche (St. Marie-Magdalene Church), one of the main churches in Breslau. With Johann Christoph Altnikol and Benjamin Gottlieb Faber, also singers at the same church, he left Breslau in 1743 and went to Leipzig to study theology at at Universität Leipzig (enrolled on May 25, 1743). J.C. Altnikol, later J.S. Bach's son-in-law, chose to study music and B.G. Faber to study medicine. Since they had already had a musical education in Breslau, they took an active part in the musical life shaped by J.S. Bach. J.G. Fulde worked as a violinist and tenor in the Großen Konzert. From 1748 he worked as informant and was candidate of theology in Breslau. From 17721 or 17922 he worked as Pastor in Dyhernfurth/Oder.
On October 15, 1747, J.S. Bach wrote Canon doppio sopr'il soggetto BWV 1077 in Fuldes Stammbuch ein (Fulde's main book), which he created shortly before his departure from Breslau. Although the Fulde canon does include symbolism referring to the dedicatee's theological occupation, it offers neither a paragram, nor an acrostic, nor Fulde’s name. It is conceivable that this marks the end of J.S. Bach's teaching relationship and Johann Gottfried Fulde's departure from Leipzig. With regard to his work in Breslau, J.G. Fulde may have been an acquaintance of Johann Christoph Altnickol (A-52) and Benjamin Gottlieb Faber (B-37).
References: Koska: B-36 |
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Canone doppio sopr´il Sogetto [01] |
Canone doppio sopr´il Sogetto [02] |
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Sources:
1. Bernd Koska: Bachs Privatschüler in Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2020)
2. German Wikipedia Website (November 2019)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2020) |
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Links to other Sites |
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Johann Fulde (Wikipedia) [German]
Canone doppio sopr'il soggetto BWV 1077 (Bach Digital) |
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Bibliography |
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Sources 1: Dok I, Nr. 174; Dok III, N I (174); NBA VIII/1 Krit. Bericht, S. 25, 34f.; W. Wolffheim, Ein unbekannter Canon J. S. Bachs, in: Festschrift für Johannes Wolf zu seinem sechzigsten Geburtstage. Musikwissenschaftliche Beiträge, hrsg. von W. Lott, Berlin 1929, S. 217–221; BJ 2003, S. 259–265 (B. Wiermann); BJ 2018, S. 33 (H.-J. Schulze)
Literature 2:
Barbara Wiermann: Altnickol, Faber, Fulde – drei Breslauer Choralisten im Umfeld Johann Sebastian Bachs. In Bach-Jahrbuch 89. Jg. 2003, 259 – 265.
Hans-Rainer Jung: Das Gewandhausorchester. Seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743. (Leipzig 2006), p19.
Hans-Joachim Schulze: Johann Sebastian Bachs Kanonwidmungen. In: Bach-Jahrbuch 67. Jg. 1982, pp 82–92. |
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