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Johann Heinrich Seymann (Bach's Pupil)

Born: June 20, 1715 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: not determined

Johann Heinrich Seymann was born to Andreas Seymann (bailiff in Leipzig). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 13, 1730; studied there from 1730 to 1736; and at Universität Leipzig from 1735. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. J.S. Bach reported (August 23, 1730): “incompetent, not at all musical”.

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)
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Bibliography

Dok I, Nr. 22 (S. 64 und 66); Richter 1907, Nr. 118

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