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Joachim Christian Feller (Bach's Pupil)

Born: December 26, 1715 - Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
Died: June 22, 1733 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Joachim Christian Feller was born to Joachim Friedrich Feller (Court Secretary in Weimar). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on September 26, 1729 and studied there from 1729 to 1733. He died as an alumne. 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 (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); Bach Digital Website (June 2019)
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Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

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Fellere, Joachim Christian (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

Richter 1907, Nr. 117; Dok I, Nr. 22 (S. 64 und 66) und 63

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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