Johann Samuel Siebold (Kantor, Rector, Bach's Pupil)

Born: c1719 - Gohlis, near Riesa, Saxony, Germany
Died: June 22, 1786 - Waldheim, Saxony, Germany

Johann Samuel Siebold was born the son of Samuel Siebold (Pastor in Gohlis). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 14, 1733; studied there from 1733, escaped November 15, 1733; in Schulpforta from 1737; and at Universität Wittenberg from 1740. 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 was Kantor in Elsterwerda, Konrektor in Großenhain, Kantor in Grimma (1752-1768); accommodation in the poor house (Armenhaus) in Waldheim, Saxony.

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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Literature: Nova acta scholastica II, S. 53; Dietmann II, S. 1091f.; Werner 1906, S. 549; Richter 1907, Nr. 150; Grünberg 1939, S. 880; Dok V, Nr. C 653b

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