Johann Gottfried Graß (Bach's Pupil)

Born: June 9, 1710 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: not determined

Johann Gottfried Graß [Grass] was born to Johann Graß (shoemaker). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on July 13, 1723; studied there from 1723 to 1732, since April 26, 1723 already as external; and at Universität Leipzig from 1733. 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)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

Links to other Sites

Graß, Johann Gottfried (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

Literature: Richter 1907, Nr. 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
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