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Johann Christoph Schmidt (Organ, Copyist, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: October 26, 1691 - Harzgerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: May 25, 1765 - Harzgerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Schmidt was born the son of Lorenz Schmidt (farmer in Harzgerode). From 1713 he was an organist at St. Marienkirche in Harzgerode; and from 1719 also princely copyist and town clerk in Harzgerode.
Löffler described Johann Christoph Schmidt as J.S. Bach's pupil in Weimar based on his signature on a copy of the piano prelude BWV 921: "d. Joh. Ch. Schmidt Hartz. p. t. org. d. 9 9br 1713". J.C. Schmidt was already employed as an organist in Harzgerode at this time, but he could actually have been J.S. Bach's student shortly before. Alberto Basso also lists J.C. Schmidt as a musician who may have studied with J.S. Bach.
References: Koska: B-3; Bach Digital: 00004564 |
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Works of Bach he copied [Manuscript No. in Bach Digital / Work / Performance/Copy date] |
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D-B Mus.ms. 30382: JJohann David Heinichen: Fantasia durch alle Tonarten gehend (= Anh. 179); Johann Philipp Kirnberger & J. Marpurg: Variationen zu Wq 118.1; Compositions by: J. J. Agrell, A. M. Brunckhorst, François Couperin, Carl Heinrich Graun, George Frideric Handel (HWV 434/1), Johann Adolf Hasse, Georg Melchior Hoffmann, C.F. Hurlebusch (s. Bemerkungen), J.G. Jänichen, C. B. Linicke, C. E. Rolle, G. Tegetmeyer, Georg Philipp Telemann (TWV 33:6, 33:4, 32:1), Johann Gotthilf Ziegler & Anon
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 222, Faszikel 1: BWV 921 (vgl. Faszikel 4 und 5; D-B Mus.ms. 30382: Anonym (Händel zugewiesen), Praeludium in C) [1713]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 222, Faszikel 4: BWV Anh. 84 [c1713]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 222, Faszikel 5: BWV Anh. 83 [c1713] |
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Sources:
1. Bits & pieces from various sources
2. Bernd Koska: Bachs Privatschüler in Bach-Jahrbuch 2019, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2020)
3. Bach Digital Website (January 2019)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (February 2020, May 2020) |
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Links to other Sites |
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Scmidt, Johann Christoph (Bach Digital) |
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Bibliography |
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Sources 2: Löffler 1929/31, Nr. 8; Löffler 1936, S. 106; Löffler 1953, Nr. 11; NBA V/3 Krit. Bericht, S. 29f.; NBA V/9.2 Krit. Bericht, S. 52f.; NBA V/12 Krit. Bericht, S. 168; L. Buchmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796). Untersuchungen zu seinem Liedschaffen und seinem Beitrag zur Überlieferung der Werke Johann Sebastian Bachs, Dissertation Halle 1987, Bd. I, S. 171–175, 205–207; BJ 2011, S. 52f. (A. Talle); BJ 2011, S. 91 (P. Wollny) |
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