Johann Gottfried Kuhnau (Bach's Pupil?)

Born: c1705 - Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany
Died (buried): November 6, 1719 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Johann Gottfried Kuhnau was born the son of Gottfried Kuhnau (Kantor in Johanngeorgenstadt)?. He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 27, 1719. According to Richter's article in Bach-Jahrbuch 1907, he studied there from 1719 to 1725. However, recent findings show that he died as an alumnus on November 6, 1719, only half a year after his enrollement and nearly 4 years before J.S. Bach's began his tenure as Thomaskantor. That means he was not actually J.S. Bach's pupil

References: Richter: 28

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: StA Leipzig, Ratsleichenbuch
Literature: Richter 1907, Nr. 28

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