Christian Friedrich Steidel (Schoolmaster, Bach's Pupil)

Born: January 18, 1715 - Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Died: not determined (after 1739)

Christian Friedrich Steidel was born to Johann Christian Steidel (court servant in Dresden). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 10, 1727; studied there from 1727 to 1733; received lessoins also in Altenburg; and studied at Universität Leipzig from 1735. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. J.S. Bach reported (August 23, 1730): “not yet ready to be used in the 1^st choir (figural music)”. After his studies, he worked as schoolmaster in Hartmannsdorf, near Chemnitz, Saxony from 1739.

References: Richter: 157; Bach Digital: 00007502

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 (March 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

Links to other Sites

Steidel, Christian Friedrich (Bach Digital)

Bibliography

StaatsA Leipzig, Konsistorium Leipzig, Nr. 157 (Subscriptio derer Visitations-Articul), 1739
Richter 1907, Nr. 97; Dok I, Nr. 22 (S. 64 und 66)

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