Andreas Strauss (Pastor, Bach's Pupil)

Born: c1701 - Reichenbach, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Died: 1765 - Lengenfeld, Vogtland Saxony, Germany

Andreas Stauss [Strauß] enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 4, 1716; studied there from 1716 to 1723; and at Universität Leipzig from 1717, 1722. He obtained his Magister degree in Wittenberg in 1729. 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 worked as Pastor in Lengenfeld / Vogtland from 1732 to 1763.

References: Richter: 6

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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Sources: LKA Dresden, 18.60 (Acta die Bestellung des Pfarr-Amtes zu Lengenfeld betr. [1568ff.]); D-WRz, Stb 36, fol. 125v (Eintrag im Stammbuch von Johann Peter Hutzelsieder, 1752)
Literature: Dietmann III, S. 616; Pfarrerbuch Kirchenprovinz VIII, S. 347

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