Gregor Christian Segnitz (Cathedral Treasurer, Bach's Pupil)

Born: c1706 - Schenkenberg, Brandenburg, Germany
Died: not determined (after 1763)

Gregor [Gregorius] Christian Segnitz was born the son of Augustin Segnitz (Pastor in Schenkenberg). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 15¹ or 25² , 1717; studied there from 1717 to 1725; and at Universität Leipzig from 1726. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. He passed the exam in in Wittenberg in 1731; and became cathedral treasurer in Merseburg (detectable in 1763). His younger brother, Karl Friedrich Segnitz (1713-after 1740), was also a Thomaner (1726-1732).

References: Richter: 17

Sources:
1. 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)
2. Andreas Glöckner, Sabine Thomas and Melvin Unger: Alumni and Externals in the Choirs of the Thomas School during Bach's Time in Bach, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2009), pp. 11-14 (Riemenschneider Bach Institute)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2020)

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Literature: Curiosa Saxonica 1763, S. 41; Richter 1907, Nr. 17; Pfarrerbuch Kirchenprovinz VIII, S. 194

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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