Samuel Gottlieb Heder (Copyist, Court Musician, Bach's Pupil)

Born: May 24, 1713 - Thallwitz, near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: after 1739 - Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, , Germany

Samuel Gottlieb Heder was born to Johann Elias Heder (Pastor). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 18, 1725; studied there from 1725 to 1734; and at Universität Leipzig in 1734. He was one of J.S. Bach's main copyists from 1729 to 1731, then only occasionaly from 1731 to 1736, appearing in the manuscripts as Hauptkopist D; Anon. 7; Anon. 13. After his studies, he was court musician (tenor) in Merseburg (detectable in 1739).

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

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 46, Faszikel 1: BWV 22 [July 1723] ???
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 803, Faszikel 11: BWV 564
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 803, Faszikel 13: BWV 903
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 43: BWV 120a [probably 1729, after Easter]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 57: BWV 174 [6.6. 1729]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 110, Faszikel 1: BWV 244 (Satz 29 = BWV 245.2/1, in E) [30.3.1736]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 456: BWV 174 [6.6. 1729]
D-LEb Thomana 112, Faszikel 1 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv): BWV 112 [8.4.1731]
PL-Kj Mus.ms. Bach St 14, Faszikel 1: BWV 31 (Leipzig version) [1731 or later (1735?)]
PL-Kj Mus.ms. Bach St 14, Faszikel 3: BWV 31 (Leipzig version) [1731 or later (1735?)]
Unbekannter Privatbesitz (US), BWV 174 (Taille): BWV 174 [6.6.1729]
US-BER M2004 .B118 BWV 174 (R 4395): BWV 174 [6.6.1729]
US-Wc ML96 .B186 Case BWV 174: BWV 174 [6.6.1729]
Verschollen BWV 174, B. Fillon: BWV 174 [6.6.1729]
[Kantate BWV 174: Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte] Originalstimmensatz: BWV 174 [6.6. 1729]

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 (March 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

Links to other Sites

Heder, Samuel Gottlieb (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

Richter 1907, Nr. 81; Dok I, Nr. 22 (S. 63 und 66); Dok V, Nr. N I (155), N III (641) und N III (I 118a); Schulze 1984, S. 120; NBA IX/3, Nr. 126

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