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Johann Gottfried Nützer (Organ, School Teacher, Copyist, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: March 30, 1709 - Holzweißig, near Bitterfeld, about 30 km north of Leipzig, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: December 2, 1780 - Delitzsch, Saxony, Germany |
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Johann Gottfried Nützer [Nitzer] was born to Johann Jacob Nützer (Pastor in Holzweißig, near Bitterfeld). He attended the school in Bitterfeld. He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 5, 1724; studied there from from 1724 to 1731; and studied privately with J.S. Bach during that time. In the Entwurff J.S. Bach included him (as 'Nitzer') among the more accomplished of the Thomaner singers. In a report from August 23, 1730, J.S. Bach wrote: “usable for 1st Choir (figural music)”. He was one of J.S. Bach's copyists, identified in the manuscripts Anon. L 42. After his studies, he worked from 1731 as quintus (5th teacher in the school hierarchy) in Delitzsch; from 1741 as schoolmaster and organist in Löbnitz; from 1745 as quartus (4th teacher in the school hierarchy) in Delitzsch; from 1747 as school teacher in Delitzsch..
Johann Gottfried Nützer participated as a Thomaner in the production of J.S. Bach's vocal material. A special closeness to J.S. Bach can also be seen from the fact that J.S. Bach was godfather there to his son Johannes Heinrich August in Delitzsch on December 9, 1734, although he was not able to attend the christening in person. It is therefore possible that J.G. Nützer may also be seen as J.S. Bach's pupil, as suggested by Löffler. His younger brother, Johann Gottlieb Nützer (b 1724), was also Thomaner (1737-1745).
References: Richter: 74; Koska: B-9; Bach Digital: 00005767 |
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Works of Bach he copied [Manuscript No. in Bach Digital / Work / Performance date] |
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 117: BWV 232 [13.4.1727] |
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Sources:
1. Oxford Composer Companions J.S. Bach (Editor: Malcolm Boyd, OUP, 1999)
2. fine-print footnotes in the Bach-Dokumente
3. 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)
4. Bach Digital Website (June 2019)
5. Bernd Koska: Bachs Privatschüler in Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2014, March 2020, May 2020); Thomas Braatz (January 2011) |
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Links to other Sites |
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Nützer, Johann Gottfried (Bach Digital) |
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Bibliography |
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Sources 3: StaatsA Leipzig, Konsistorium Leipzig, Nr. 151 (Subscriptio derer Visitations-Articul), 1741
Literature 3: Acta scholastica VIII, S. 377; Richter 1907, Nr. 74; Dok I, Nr. 22 (S. 63 und 65f.) und 74; Dok II, Nr. 359; Wollny 2016, S. 64–67
Sources 5: Dok III, Nr. 359; Löffler 1953, Anh. Nr. 2; NBA IX/3, Nr. 118 (Anonymus L 42); BJ 2016, S. 64–67 (P. Wollny) |
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