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Christian David Seyffert (Pastor, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: November 8, 1715 - Güldengossa, near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: August 11, 1775 - Großengottern, Thuringia, Germany |
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Christian David Seyffert [Seyfarth] was born to Christian David Seyffert (Pastor in Güldengossa). HAe studied at the Lateinschule in Halle (Saale) from 1727; enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on April 24, 1731; studied there from 1731 to 1739, since June 30, 1729 already as external; and at Universität Leipzig from 1739. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. He became Magister in Wittenberg (1741), Exam in Dresden (1747), Herrnhut (1748), ordination in Leipzig (1751). He worked as Pastor Großengottern, Thuringia from 1751 until his death in 1775. |
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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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Links to other Sites |
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Seyffert, Christian David (Bach digital) |
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Bibliography |
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Sources: LA Wernigerode, A 29a, I Nr. 2396 (Praesentationes und Vocationes derer Pfarrer an der Martini Kirche in Großengottern. Vol. I)
Literature: Curiosa Saxonica 1741, S. 238; Dietmann III, S. 155f.; Richter 1907, Nr. 127; Dok II, Nr. 399; Pfarrerbuch Kirchenprovinz VIII, S. 229 |
