Johann Gottfried Hallbauer (Bach's Pupil)

Born: 1733 - Werdau, Saxony, Germany
Died: May 7, 1763 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Johann Gottfried Hallbauer was born the son of a baker in Werdau. He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 16, 1747; studied there from 1747 to 1753; and at Universität Leipzig from 1753. 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 made an unsuccessful application for the Kantor office in Brehna in 1755.

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 (April 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2020)

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Literature: Richter 1907, Nr. 294; S. 41f. dieser Arbeit

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
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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