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Christian David Graff (Composer, Organ) |
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Born: March 7, 1700 - Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: March 5, 1774 - Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
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Christian David Graff was born the son of Johann Christoph Graff (organist at St. Johannis in Magdeburg). H was trained by his father and by the music director Christiani in Magdeburg. From 1714 he attended the Gymnasium (at the Grauen Kloster?) in Berlin and was a pupil of the Nikolai organist Adrian Lutterodt. Around 1715/1716 he stayed in Magdeburg; from 1716 he attended the Gymnasium in Eisenach and was a pupil of the organist Johann Bernhard Bach [18]. From 1719 until his death in 1774, he worked as organist at Kirche St. Ulrich und Levin in Magdeburg (until 1720 as a substitute). His survived works are for organ.
The fact that Christian David Graff was considered as a J.S. Bach's pupil is obviously due to a confusion between J.S. Bach and the Eisenach organist Johann Bernhard Bach [18] (1676-1749). The actual teacher was given by Löffler in 1929/1931 on the basis of Graff's autobiography published by Marpurg in 1757.
References: Koska: C-8: |
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Source:
1. Bernd Koska: Bachs Privatschüler in Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2020)
2. Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2020) |
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Sources 1: F. W. Marpurg, Historisch-Kritische Beyträge zur Aufnahme der Musik, Bd. III, Berlin 1757, S. 343f.; C. H. Bitter, Johann Sebastian Bach, Berlin 1865, Bd. II, S. 46; Löffler 1929/31, Anh. Nr. 9; Landeskirchenarchiv Magdeburg, Kirchenbuch Magdeburg St. Ulrich-Levin 1774 |
