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Michael Heinrich Glandenberg (Language Teacher, Bach's Pupil)

Born: August 18, 1718 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: 1772 - Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany

Michael Heinrich Glandenberg was born the son of Michael Heinrich Glandenberg (apprentice city whistle in Leipzig). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 2, 1734; studied there from 1734 to 1740, since March 22, 1734 already as external; and at Universität Leipzig from 1740. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. After huis studies, he worked as teacher of French and Italian in Gotha; teacher of French and Italian at Gymnasium in Altenburg from 1759.

 

Source: 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)
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Bibliography

Sources: GNM Nürnberg, Hs. 110.415 a (Stammbuch von Johann Ernst Klötzner: Eintrag vom 11. April 1772 in Altenburg)
Literature: Curiosa Saxonica 1763, S. 227; Lorenz 1789, S. 285; Richter 1907, Nr. 161; Schulze 1985, S. 45
GND:

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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