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Johann Christian Mittenzwei (Kantor, Language Professor, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: May 6, 1729 - Colditz, Saxony, Germany
Died: 1765 - Coburg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. |
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Johann Christian Mittenzwei [Mittenzwey] was born the son of Samuel Mittenzwei (miller in Colditz). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 23, 1742; studied there from 1742 to 1752; and at Universität Leipzig from 1752, obtaining his Diploma in 1757. As a Thomaner he was in Choir I from May 17, 1744 (Pentecost) to June 6, 1745 (Pentecost). 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 Kantor at the Nikolaischule in Leipzig from 1757; Professor of Greek and Hebrew in Coburg in 1765. |
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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 (April 2020)
2. Andreas Glöckner, Sabine Thomas and Melvin Unger: Alumni and Externals in the Choirs of the Thomas School during Bach's Time in Bach, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2009), pp. 17-22 (published by: Riemenschneider Bach Institute)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2020) |
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Sources: StaatsA Leipzig, Konsistorium Leipzig, Nr. 151 (Subscriptio derer Visitations-Articul), 1757
Literature: Nützliche Nachrichten 1750, S. 644f.; Richter 1907, Nr. 237; Glöckner 2008, S. 192 |
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