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Christian Gottlieb Gerlach (Kantor, Bach's Pupil, Copyist)

Born: December 2, 1704 (baptised) - Rochlitz, Saxony, Germany
Died: 1773 - Rochlitz, Saxony, Germany

Christian Gottlieb Gerlach was born to Christian Gerlach (organist in Rochlitz). ). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 27, 1719; studied there from 1719 to 1726, and and at Universität Leipzig from 1727. Like other J.S. Bach's pupils, he helped him in copying in 1723-1725, appearing in the manuscripts as Anon. Ij. After his studies, he became Kantor Petrikirche in Rochlitz in 1733.

References: Richter: 30; GND: 1160906238

Works of Bach he copied [Manuscript No. in Bach Digital / Work / Performance date]

 
 

Source: fine-print footnotes in the Bach-Dokumente; NBA list of J.S. Bach's copyists; 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 (March 2020)
Contributed by
Thomas Braatz (January 2011); Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

Links to other Sites

Gerlach, Gristian Gottlieb (Bach Digital)
Gerlach, Christian Gottlieb (GND)

Bibliography

Sources: StaatsA Leipzig, Konsistorium Leipzig, Nr. 160 (Subscriptio derer Visitations-Articul), 1733
Literature: Richter 1907, Nr. 30; Vollhardt 1978, S. 279, 282 und 469; NBA IX/3, Nr. 55

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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