Johann Christoph Keller (Bach's Pupil)

Born: June 7, 1714 - Grimma, Saxony, Germany
Died: not determined

Johann Christoph Keller was born to Christoph Keller (cloth makerin Grimma). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on July 4, 1726; and studied there from 1726 to 1734, since March 28, 1726 already as external. 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): “not yet ready to be used in the 1^st choir (figural music)”.

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

Keller, Johann Christoph (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

Richter 1907, Nr. 92; Dok I, Nr. 22 (S. 64 und 66)

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