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Johann Christian Lindner (Deacon, Copyist, Bach's Pupil)

Born: c1705 - Rochlitz, Saxony, Germany
Died: September 27, 1743 - Olbernhau, Saxony, Germany

Johann Christian Lindner enrolled at the Thomaschule on May 18, 1720; studied there from 1720 to 1726; and at Universität Leipzig in 1726. He was one of J.S. Bach's copyists from 1723 to 1724, appearing in the manuscripts as Anon. Ik. After his studies, he worked as Deacon in Olbernhau, Saxony from 1738 until his death in 1743.

References: Richter: 40; GND: 1057759597; Bach Digital: 00003453

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

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 10: BWV 95 [12.9.1723]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 18:
BWV 134 [12.4.1724]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 40:
BWV 67 [16.4.1724]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 45:
BWV 73 [23.1.1724]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 48, Faszikel 2:
BWV 194 (1st Leipzig version) [4.6.1724]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 56:
BWV 109 [17.10.1723]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 95:
BWV 70 [21.11.1723]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 109, Faszikel 1:
BWV 12 [30.4.1724]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 459, Faszikel 3:
BWV 199 (Leipzig version) [8.8.1723]
D-LEb Peters Ms. R 1 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv):
BWV 172 (2nd version) [28.5.1724]

 

Sources:
1. 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)
2. Bach Digital Website (July 2019)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

Links to other Sites

Lindner, Johann Christian (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

Richter 1907, Nr. 40; Grünberg 1939, S. 535; NBA IX/3, Nr. 50
GND: 1057759597

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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