Christan Gottfried Heße (Bach's Pupil)

Born: December 19, 1710 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: December 8, 1751 - Großurleben, Thuringia, Germany

Christian Gottfried Heße [Hess] was born to Stephan Hesse (master tailor). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on July 4, 1726; and studied there from 1726 to 1733; and at Universität Leipzig in 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 (1730):“not yet ready to be used in the 1^st choir (figural music)”. After his studies, he worked as Pastor in Groß- und Kleinurleben, Thuringia from 1747 until his death in 1751.

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)

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Hesse, Christian Gottfried (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

Quellen: LA Wernigerode, A 29a, I Nr. 2402 (Praesentations-Schreiben und Vocationes derer Pfarrer zu Groß- und Klein-Uhrleben. [1585–1809])
Literatur: Nützliche Nachrichten 1747, S. 347; Dietmann III, S. 120; Richter 1907, Nr. 85; Pfarrerbuch Kirchenprovinz IV, S. 162

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