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Heinrich Wilhelm Ludewig (Copyist, Bach's Pupil)

Born: February 21, 1711 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: not determined

Heinrich Wilhelm Ludewig born to Wilhelm Ludewig (tailor in Leipzig). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on September 19, 1724; studied there from 1724 to 1732, since June 5, 1723 already as external; and at Universität Leipzig in 1732. J.S. Bach reported (August 23, 1730): “not yet ready to be used in the 1st choir (figural music)”. He was one of J.S. Bach's copyists from 1730 to 1735, appearing in the manuscripts as Anon. 20 (Dadelsen); Anon. L 77; Anon. BNB I (Beißwenger).

Works of Bach he copied [Manuscript No. in Bach Digital / Work / Performance date]

D-B Mus.ms. 13161: Missa Sapientiae in G minor, BNB I/L/2 [1732-1735]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 77,
BWV 184 [probably 1731]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 659:
Antonio Lotti, arranged by Jan Dismas Zelenka: Mass in G major, BWV Anh 167 [started in 1732-1735, completed in 1738-1739]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 91l:
BWV 214 [8.12.1733]
D-Dl Mus. 2405-D-21:
BWV 232 (early version) [1733, before July 27]

 

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); Bach Digital Website (July 2019)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

Links to other Sites

Ludweig, Heinrich Wilhelm (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

Richter 1907, Nr. 76; Dok I, Nr. 22 (S. 64 und 66); Wollny 2016, S. 73–78

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
Bach’s Pupils Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2
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


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