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Samuel Gotthelf Hoffmann (Pastor, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: 1735 - Trages, near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: 1817 - Nenkersdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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Samuel Gotthelf Hoffmann was born the son of Samuel Gottlieb Hoffmann (Pastor in Trages). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on November 9, 1747; studied there from 1747 to 1754; and at Universität Leipzig from 1754. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. Hae obtained his Magister degree in Wittenberg in 1760; and his ordination in Leipzig in Leipzig. After his studies, he worked as Pastor in Nenkersdorf from 1763. |
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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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Sources: LKA Dresden, 18.81 (Acta die Besetzung des Pfarramts zu Nenkersdorf betr. [1566ff.])
Literature: Curiosa Saxonica 1760, S. 247 und 1764, S. 117; Richter 1907, Nr. 301 |
