Johann Gottfried Müller (Schoolmaster, Bach's Pupil)

Born: 1734 - Zschopau, Saxony, Germany
Died: not determined (after 1780? - Cannewitz, Saxony, Germany)

Johann Gottfried Müller was born the son of Gottfried Müller (schoolmaster in Zschopau). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on April 5, 1749; studied there from 1749 to 1756; and at Universität Leipzig from 1756. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. After his studies, he worked as schoolmaster in Cannewitz from 1780?

References: Richter: 302

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: StaatsA Leipzig, Konsistorium Leipzig, Nr. 153 (Subscriptio derer Visitations-Articul), 1780
Literature: Richter 1907, Nr. 302

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