Johann Christian Keller (Court Servant?, Bach's Pupil)

Born: baptized November 16, 1707 - Brehna, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: not determined

Johann Christian Keller was born to a carpenter in Brehna. He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 21, 1721; studied there from 1721 to 1727. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. After his studies, he worked as court servant in Merseburg?

References: Richter: 50

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)

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Sources: ATC Leipzig, Album Alumnorum Scholae Thomanae Lipsiensis (Kollektaneen von Bernhard Friedrich Richter), S. 38
Literature: Richter 1907, Nr. 50

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