Johann Daniel Senfft (Bach's Pupil?)

Born: August 4, 1715 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: October 4, 1742 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Johann Daniel Senfft made his application to enroll at the Thomasschule in Leipzig in 1729. He was not accepted. His father included a recommendation from a cantor that had stated that his son sang fairly well, but had trouble with his general studies. Most probably he was not J.S. Bach's pupil.

Source: fine-print footnotes in the Bach-Dokumente; Bach Digital Website (June 2019)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

Links to other Sites

Actual and Potential Non-Thomaner Singers and Players who participated in Bach’s Figural Music in Leipzig (BCW)
Senfft, Johann Daniel (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

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