Thomasschule zu Leipzig
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St. Thomas School, Leipzig is a co-educational and public boarding school
in Leipzig
, Saxony, Germany
. It was founded by the Augustinians
in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world.
St. Thomas is known for its art
, language
and music education
. The Humanistic Gymnasium
has a very long list of distinguished former students, including Richard Wagner
(1813–1883) and many members of the Bach family
including Johann Sebastian Bach
's son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
(1714–1788).
From the 800-Year Anniversary Celebration in 2012 the Thomanerchor
and St. Thomas School will be part of Forum Thomanum, an internationally oriented educational center.
Dietrich von Meißen (1162–1221). The St. Thomas Church was founded with the school. The St. Thomas School is first mentioned in documents dating to 1254 making it among the oldest schools in Europe.
In 1539 the city of Leipzig took over ownership of the school. All members (Thomaner) of the boys choir (Thomanerchor) attend the school along with other pupils. The Thomaner live in the school's own boarding school, Thomasalumnat.
The school's first building was in the present courtyard of the St. Thomas Church. In 1553 an outbuilding was built there. Johann Sebastian Bach
extended these buildings during his time as conductor of the choir (Thomaskantor
); in 1829 they were reconstructed. In 1877 a new building was erected in the Schreberstraße to meet a shortage of space. In 1881 a new building for the boarding school was finished.
During the Nazi era the school continued its normal curricula. The school endured the bombings of the night of 3 December 1943
with only the gym and the buildings across from the boarding school being destroyed. The then-rector, Günther Ramin, decided to move the choir boys to the Königlich Sächsische Fürsten- und Landesschule Sankt Augustin school in Grimma
. Because of this, and because most of the older students were enlisted, the University of Leipzig
was allowed to use the school's building for its own purposes. The rector's decision to move the choir boys was proved right during the bombings of 20 February 1944 when the school's buildings were destroyed. After that, the remaining pupils attended 41. Volksschule
on the Hillerstraße. At some stage, the choir boys rejoined these pupils at Hillerstraße.
In 1973 the school moved into a new building in the Pestalozzistraße (now Telemannstraße), but the boarding school remained in the Hillerstraße. The new communist regime in East Germany tried to make an exemplar atheist school out of St. Thomas school, but the church's influence was immense.
After the German reunification
in 1990 the pupil's numbers increased. In 2008 the school offers its students mathematics, natural sciences, music, and linguistic courses.
On September 2000 the school moved into the restored original building on the Hillerstraße. In 2008, there are 485 pupils and 67 teachers. Prior to 1973, all the Thomascantor
s were also teachers at the school and all presidents of the Thomaschoir were also the school's rectors. Since 1973 those roles have been separated.
, including the Qualification in Latin (Latinum). Combined with the modern language
English
the pupils learn fundamental foreign language skills. Although there are offered advanced courses (Leistungskurse) in those subjects. Interested students are welcome to take the First Certificate in English
(FCE). The tradition of the school and its roots in European culture are the motive for providng Ancient Greek
classes from 8th grade as well as a Qualification in Greek (Graecum). Also St. Thomas offers Romance languages
, like French
and Italian
.
Student exchange program
s and stays in Europe and in Anglo-America are possible.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, Saxony, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was founded by the Augustinians
Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world.
St. Thomas is known for its art
Art education
Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings...
, language
Language education
Language education is the teaching and learning of a foreign or second language. Language education is a branch of applied linguistics.- Need for language education :...
and music education
Music education
Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...
. The Humanistic Gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
has a very long list of distinguished former students, including Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
(1813–1883) and many members of the Bach family
Bach family
The Bach family was of importance in the history of music for nearly two hundred years, with over 50 known musicians and several notable composers, the best-known of whom was Johann Sebastian Bach...
including Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
's son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
right|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
(1714–1788).
From the 800-Year Anniversary Celebration in 2012 the Thomanerchor
Thomanerchor
The Thomanerchor is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. At present, the choir consists of 92 boys from 9 to 18 years of age...
and St. Thomas School will be part of Forum Thomanum, an internationally oriented educational center.
History
St. Thomas School was founded as schola pauperum, run by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, in 1212 by MargraveMargrave
A margrave or margravine was a medieval hereditary nobleman with military responsibilities in a border province of a kingdom. Border provinces usually had more exposure to military incursions from the outside, compared to interior provinces, and thus a margrave usually had larger and more active...
Dietrich von Meißen (1162–1221). The St. Thomas Church was founded with the school. The St. Thomas School is first mentioned in documents dating to 1254 making it among the oldest schools in Europe.
In 1539 the city of Leipzig took over ownership of the school. All members (Thomaner) of the boys choir (Thomanerchor) attend the school along with other pupils. The Thomaner live in the school's own boarding school, Thomasalumnat.
The school's first building was in the present courtyard of the St. Thomas Church. In 1553 an outbuilding was built there. Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
extended these buildings during his time as conductor of the choir (Thomaskantor
Thomaskantor
The Thomaskantor is the musical director of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig, founded in 1212. He is appointed by Leipzig's city council and his duties are to lead the weekly services called Motette, Sunday services and other services in the Thomaskirche, also to conduct recordings and tours.Johann...
); in 1829 they were reconstructed. In 1877 a new building was erected in the Schreberstraße to meet a shortage of space. In 1881 a new building for the boarding school was finished.
During the Nazi era the school continued its normal curricula. The school endured the bombings of the night of 3 December 1943
Battle of Berlin (air)
The Battle of Berlin was a British bombing campaign on Berlin from November 1943 – March 1944. The campaign was not limited solely to Berlin. Other German cities were attacked to prevent concentration of defences in Berlin, and Bomber Command had other responsibilities and operations to conduct...
with only the gym and the buildings across from the boarding school being destroyed. The then-rector, Günther Ramin, decided to move the choir boys to the Königlich Sächsische Fürsten- und Landesschule Sankt Augustin school in Grimma
Grimma
Grimma is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany on the left bank of the Mulde, southeast of Leipzig. Founded in c. 1170, it is part of the Leipzig district.- Location :...
. Because of this, and because most of the older students were enlisted, the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
was allowed to use the school's building for its own purposes. The rector's decision to move the choir boys was proved right during the bombings of 20 February 1944 when the school's buildings were destroyed. After that, the remaining pupils attended 41. Volksschule
Volksschule
A Volksschule was an 18th century system of state-supported primary schools established in the Habsburg Austrian Empire and Prussia . Attendance was supposedly compulsory, but a 1781 census reveals that only one fourth of school-age children attended. At the time, this was one of the few examples...
on the Hillerstraße. At some stage, the choir boys rejoined these pupils at Hillerstraße.
In 1973 the school moved into a new building in the Pestalozzistraße (now Telemannstraße), but the boarding school remained in the Hillerstraße. The new communist regime in East Germany tried to make an exemplar atheist school out of St. Thomas school, but the church's influence was immense.
After the German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
in 1990 the pupil's numbers increased. In 2008 the school offers its students mathematics, natural sciences, music, and linguistic courses.
On September 2000 the school moved into the restored original building on the Hillerstraße. In 2008, there are 485 pupils and 67 teachers. Prior to 1973, all the Thomascantor
Cantor (church)
A cantor is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
s were also teachers at the school and all presidents of the Thomaschoir were also the school's rectors. Since 1973 those roles have been separated.
Foreign languages
Cultivating classical languages is an old tradition at St. Thomas School. All students study Latin as their first or second foreign languageForeign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
, including the Qualification in Latin (Latinum). Combined with the modern language
Modern language
A modern language is any human language that is currently in use. The term is used in language education to distinguish between languages which are used for day-to-day communication and dead classical languages such as Latin, Attic Greek, Sanskrit, and Classical Chinese, which are studied for...
English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
the pupils learn fundamental foreign language skills. Although there are offered advanced courses (Leistungskurse) in those subjects. Interested students are welcome to take the First Certificate in English
First Certificate in English
The First Certificate in English is one of the examinations available from University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations in England. Its possession proves one's adequacy in the English language, and its successful completion means that one is able to interact socially efficiently.- Sections :The test...
(FCE). The tradition of the school and its roots in European culture are the motive for providng Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
classes from 8th grade as well as a Qualification in Greek (Graecum). Also St. Thomas offers Romance languages
Romance languages
The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, more precisely of the Italic languages subfamily, comprising all the languages that descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of ancient Rome...
, like French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
Student exchange program
Student exchange program
A student exchange program generally could be defined as a program where students from secondary school or university choose to study abroad in partner institutions...
s and stays in Europe and in Anglo-America are possible.
Notable alumni
- Carl Friedrich Abel - German composer and fine player on the viola da gamba, pupil of Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
- Franz Abt - German composer
- Nicolaus von AmsdorfNicolaus von AmsdorfNicolaus von Amsdorf was a German theologian and Protestant reformer.-Biography:He was born in Torgau, on the Elbe....
- German theologian and Protestant reformer - Johann August ApelJohann August ApelJohann August Apel was a German writer and jurist.Apel was born in Leipzig. His tale Die Jägerbraut formed the basis for the libretto of Der Freischütz.- Works :* Die Aitolier...
- German writer and jurist - Armand Léon von Ardenne - German military writer and general, character in Effi BriestEffi BriestEffi Briest is widely considered to be Theodor Fontane’s masterpiece and one of the most famous German realist novels of all time. Thomas Mann once said that if one had to reduce one’s library to six novels, Effi Briest would have to be one of them...
- Wilhelm Friedemann BachWilhelm Friedemann BachWilhelm Friedemann Bach , the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer...
- eldest son and pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach - Carl Philipp Emanuel BachCarl Philipp Emanuel Bachright|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
- German musician and composer, second son of Johann Sebastian Bach - Johann Christian BachJohann Christian BachJohann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital...
- composer of the Classical era, tenth son of Johann Sebastian Bach - Johann Christoph Friedrich BachJohann Christoph Friedrich BachJohann Christoph Friedrich Bach , the ninth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, sometimes referred to as the "Bückeburg Bach"...
- ninth son of Johann Sebastian Bach - Johann Gottfried Bernhard BachJohann Gottfried Bernhard BachJohann Gottfried Bernhard Bach was the fourth child to reach adulthood of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Born in Weimar, he attended the Thomasschule in Leipzig, his father providing for his musical formation...
- fourth son of Johann Sebastian Bach - Karl BaedekerKarl Baedeker (scientist)Karl Baedeker was a German scientist.One of his scientific discoveries was that the resistivity of cuprous iodide depended on its stoichiometry.Baedeker was killed in action during World War I.-References:...
- German physicist - Fritz BebloFritz BebloFriedrich Karl Ewald Beblo, called Fritz Beblo was a German city planner, architect and painter....
- German city planner, architect and painter - Christian Daniel BeckChristian Daniel BeckChristian Daniel Beck was a German philologist, historian, theologian and antiquarian, one of the most learned men of his time.-Biography:...
- German philologist, historian, theologian and antiquarian - Oskar BeckerOskar BeckerOscar Becker was a German philosopher, logician, mathematician, and historian of mathematics.-Early life:Becker studied mathematics at Leipzig...
- German philosopher, logician and mathematician - Roderich Benedix - German dramatist and librettist
- Theodor BergkTheodor BergkTheodor Bergk was a German philologist, an authority on classical Greek poetry.-Biography:He was born in Leipzig. After studying at the University of Leipzig, where he profited by the instruction of G. Hermann, he was appointed in 1835 to the lectureship in Latin at the orphan school at Halle...
- German philologist - Otto Julius BierbaumOtto Julius BierbaumOtto Julius Bierbaum was a German writer.Bierbaum was born in Grünberg, Silesia. After studying in Leipzig, he became a journalist and editor for the journals Die freie Bühne, Pan and Die Insel. His literary work was varied...
- German writer - Georg Christoph BillerGeorg Christoph BillerGeorg Christoph Biller is a German choral conductor, conducting the Thomanerchor since 1992 as the sixteenth Thomaskantor since Johann Sebastian Bach...
- German choral conductor - Christian Ludwig BoxbergChristian Ludwig BoxbergChristian Ludwig Boxberg was a German composer and organist.From 1692-1700 Boxberg was active as an opera composer with his operas being performed Leipzig, Wolfenbüttel, Kassel und Ansbach. From 1702-1729 he was Kapellmeister at the Church of St...
- German composer and organist - Albert Brockhaus - German publisher and politician
- Eduard BrücklmeierEduard BrücklmeierEduard Robert Wolfgang Brücklmeier was a German diplomat and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime who was executed as a result of his association with the July 20 Plot.- Life :...
- German diplomat and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime - Conrad BursianConrad BursianConrad Bursian was a German philologist and archaeologist.He was born at Mutzschen in Saxony. When his parents moved to Leipzig, he received his early education at Thomasschule zu Leipzig, and entered the university in 1847...
- German philologist and archaeologist - Johann Benedict Carpzov IIJohann Benedict Carpzov IIJohann Benedict Carpzov II was a German Christian theologian and Hebraist. He was a member of the scholarly Carpzov family.He studied Hebrew under Johannes Buxtorf II, in Basel. He was appointed professor of Oriental languages at Leipzig in 1668, and was pastor of St...
- German Christian theologian and Hebraist - Carl Gustav CarusCarl Gustav CarusCarl Gustav Carus was a German physiologist and painter, born at Leipzig.A friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, he was a many-sided man: a doctor, a naturalist, a scientist and a psychologist and an advocate of the theory that health of body and mind depends on the equipoise of antagonistic...
- German physiologist and painter - Julius Schnorr von CarolsfeldJulius Schnorr von CarolsfeldJulius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German painter.-Biography:Schnorr was born at Leipzig, where he received his earliest instruction from his father Johann Veit Schnorr , a draughtsman, engraver and painter...
- German painter - Walter CramerWalter CramerWilhelm Bernardo Walter Cramer was a German businessman from Leipzig and a member of the failed July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia.- Life :...
- German businessman and a member of the failed July 20 Plot - Karl Wilhelm DindorfKarl Wilhelm DindorfKarl Wilhelm Dindorf , German classical scholar, was born at Leipzig....
- German classical scholar - Max Dieckmann - German physicist
- Christoph von DohnányiChristoph von DohnányiChristoph von Dohnányi is a German conductor of Hungarian ancestry.- Youth and World War II :Dohnányi was born in Berlin, Germany to jurist Hans von Dohnányi and Christine Bonhoeffer. His uncle on his mother's side was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor and theologian/ethicist...
- German conductor - Klaus von DohnanyiKlaus von DohnanyiKlaus von Dohnanyi is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party . Dohnanyi is the son of Hans and Christine Dohnanyi, and thus a nephew of Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
- German politician - Axel EggebrechtAxel EggebrechtAxel Constantin August Eggebrecht was a German journalist and writer.-Life:Eggebrecht grew up in bourgeois surroundings in Leipzig until 1917 when he volunteered to serve in the First World War where he received a serious wound, the effects of which he would continue to feel for his entire life...
- German journalist and writer - Theodor Wilhelm EngelmannTheodor Wilhelm EngelmannTheodor Wilhelm Engelmann was a German botanist, physiologist, microbiologist, university professor, and musician whose 1882 experiment measured the effects of different colors of light on photosynthetic activity and showed that the conversion of light energy to chemical energy took place in the...
- German botanist, physiologist and microbiologist - Georg FabriciusGeorg FabriciusGeorg Fabricius , born Georg Goldschmidt, was a Protestant German poet, historian and archaeologist.- Life :...
- German poet, historian and archaeologist - Johann Friedrich FaschJohann Friedrich FaschJohann Friedrich Fasch was a German violinist and composer.Fasch was born in Buttelstedt, was a choirboy in Weissenfels and studied under Johann Kuhnau at the famous St. Thomas School in Leipzig and later founded a Collegium Musicum in that city...
- German composer - Paul Fleming - German poet
- Arnold GehlenArnold GehlenArnold Gehlen was an influential conservative German philosopher and sociologist.-Biography:His major influences while studying philosophy were Hans Driesch, Nicolai Hartmann and especially Max Scheler....
- an influential conservative German philosopher and sociologist - Martin Rinckart - German clergyman and hymnist
- Paul Fleming - German poet
- Reinhard GoerdelerReinhard GoerdelerReinhard Goerdeler was a German accountant who was instrumental in founding KPMG, the leading international firm of accountants. Goerdeler was born in Königsberg, East Prussia as the son of Königsberg's second mayor Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, a leading anti-Nazi activist.While his father was on...
- German accountant and founder of KPMGKPMGKPMG is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PwC. Its global headquarters is located in Amstelveen, Netherlands.... - Johann Gottlieb GörnerJohann Gottlieb GörnerJohann Gottlieb Görner was a German composer and organist. His brother was the composer Johann Valentin Görner and his son the organist Karl Friedrich Görner...
- German composer and organist, pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johann Christoph Graupner - German harpsichordist and composer of high Baroque music
- Andreas GruentzigAndreas GruentzigAndreas Roland Grüntzig was a German cardiologist who first developed successful balloon angioplasty for expanding lumens of narrowed arteries.-Angioplasties:...
- German cardiologist - Karl HeineKarl HeineErnst Karl Erdmann Heine was a lawyer in Leipzig and a major entrepreneur and industrial pioneer who shaped the face of the western suburbs of Leipzig.- Life :...
- lawyer and a major entrepreneur and industrial pioneer - Thomas Theodor HeineThomas Theodor HeineThomas Theodor Heine was a German painter and illustrator. Born in Leipzig, Heine established himself as a gifted caricaturist at an early age, which led to him studying art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and, briefly, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich...
- German painter and illustrator - Johann David HeinichenJohann David HeinichenJohann David Heinichen was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden...
- German Baroque composer and music theorist, KapellmeisterKapellmeisterKapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister . The words Kapelle and Meister derive from the Latin: capella and magister...
to the Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court in Dresden - Karl Heinrich HeydenreichKarl Heinrich HeydenreichKarl Heinrich Heydenreich was a German philosopher and poet.Heydenreich was educated at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig and the University of Leipzig. In 1787 he became professor of philosophy at Leipzig...
- German philosopher and poet - Rudolf HildebrandRudolf HildebrandHeinrich Rudolf Hildebrand was a Germanist, contributor to and then editor of the Grimm brothers' Deutsches Wörterbuch. He wrote also on the history of German folksongs, and on the teaching of the German language in schools. He was professor at the University of Leipzig from 1868....
- Germanist - Karl von Hochmuth - Russian General
- Otto HoetzschOtto HoetzschOtto Hoetzsch , was a German academic and politician. Son of a plumber, he studied history, economics and history of art in Leipzig, starting in 1895. In 1899 he obtained a PhD, worked for several newspapers and was active in the Alldeutscher Verband and favoured the creation of a German Navy...
- German academic and politician - Reinhard KeiserReinhard KeiserReinhard Keiser was a popular German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas, and in 1745 Johann Adolph Scheibe considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann , but his work was largely forgotten for many...
- popular German opera composer, one time Kapellmeister of the Hamburg Opera and successor to Johann MatthesonJohann MatthesonJohann Mattheson was a German composer, writer, lexicographer, diplomat and music theorist.Mattheson was born and died in Hamburg. He was a close friend of George Frideric Handel, although he nearly killed him in a sudden quarrel, during a performance of Mattheson's opera Cleopatra in 1704...
as Cantor (church)Cantor (church)A cantor is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
of Hamburg Cathedral - Johann Friedrich KindJohann Friedrich KindJohann Friedrich Kind was a German dramatist, most famous for writing the libretto for Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz .-Biography:...
- German dramatist - Johann Ludwig KrebsJohann Ludwig KrebsJohann Ludwig Krebs was a Rococo musician and composer primarily for the pipe organ.-Life:Krebs was born in 1713 in Buttelstedt, Germany to Johann Tobias Krebs, a well-known organist. J. Tobias had at least three sons who were considered musically talented, and J...
- Rococo and Classical period musician and composer, pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach and son of Johann Tobias KrebsJohann Tobias KrebsJohann Tobias Krebs was a German organist and composer.Krebs was born near Weimar, and died in the same area. He is known as a student of Johann Gottfried Walther and Johann Sebastian Bach....
, another Bach pupil (during his tenure at WeimarWeimarWeimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
) - Sebastian KrumbiegelSebastian KrumbiegelSebastian Krumbiegel is a German singer and musician. He is a member of the a cappella band Die Prinzen.From 1976 to 1985 Krumbiegel attended the Thomasschule zu Leipzig where he took the Abitur examination in 1985...
- German singer and musician - Victor LangeVictor LangeVictor Lange was a renowned Germanist, known primarily for his work at Princeton University.-Biography:Born in Leipzig, Germany, he obtained his M.A. degree from the University College of the University of Toronto in 1931, and his Ph.D...
- German-born US-American Germanist at Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.... - Gottfried LeibnizGottfried LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician. He wrote in different languages, primarily in Latin , French and German ....
- German mathematician and philosopher - Justus Hermann LipsiusJustus Hermann LipsiusJustus Hermann Lipsius was a German classical scholar, born at Leipzig, professor of the university of his native city after 1869. He was editor of Andocides and of Demosthenes, On the Crown , reviser of Meier and Schömann's Der attische Prozess and of Schömann's Griechische Altertümer Justus...
- German classical scholar - Christian Gustav Adolph MayerChristian Gustav Adolph MayerChristian Gustav Adolph Mayer was a German mathematician.Mayer was born on February 15, 1839 in Leipzig, Germany. His father was a businessman from Leipzig. He studied at the University of Leipzig, University of Göttingen, University of Heidelberg and University of Königsberg...
- German mathematician - Erhard MauersbergerErhard MauersbergerErhard Mauersberger was a German choral conductor, conducting the Thomanerchor as the fourteenth Thomaskantor since Johann Sebastian Bach...
- German choral conductor, 14th Cantor of the Thomaskirche zu Leipzig after Johann Sebastian Bach, brother of Rudolf MauersbergerRudolf MauersbergerRudolf Mauersberger was a German choral conductor and composer.-Professional career:...
(the composer, conductor, and Cantor of the KreuzkircheKreuzkircheThe Church of the Cross in Dresden is the largest church in Saxony, and home to the Dresdner Kreuzchor boy choir. Known since the early 12th century, it was officially dedicated on 10 June 1388 to the Holy Cross. Since 1491, it has burned down five times...
Dresden) - Felix MoschelesFelix MoschelesFelix Stone Moscheles was an English painter, peace activist and advocate of Esperanto.Born in London, Felix Moscheles was the son of the well-known pianist and music teacher Ignaz Moscheles and husband of the painter Margaret Moscheles. His godfather, after whom he was named, was Felix Mendelssohn...
- English painter, peace activist and advocate of EsperantoEsperantois the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887... - Paul Julius MöbiusPaul Julius MöbiusPaul Julius Möbius was a German neurologist who was born in Leipzig. Prior to entering the medical field in 1873, he studied philosophy and theology at the Universities of Leipzig, Jena and Marburg....
- German neurologist - Georg ÖsterreichGeorg ÖsterreichGeorg Österreich was a German Baroque composer and collector. He is regarded as the founder of the so-called Sämmlung Bokemeyer which is now housed in the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin and is considered one of the most important music collections of the late 17th and early 18th century.The son of a...
- German Baroque composer - Carl Adam PetriCarl Adam PetriCarl Adam Petri was a German mathematician and computer scientist. He was born in Leipzig.Petri nets were invented in August 1939 by Carl Adam Petri – at the age of 13 – for the purpose of describing chemicalprocesses...
- German mathematician and computer scientist - Eduard Friedrich PoeppigEduard Friedrich PoeppigEduard Friedrich Poeppig was a German botanist, zoologist and explorer.-Biography:He was born in Plauen, Saxony. He studied medicine and natural history at the University of Leipzig, graduating with a medical degree. On graduation, the rector of the university gave him a botanical mission to North...
- German botanist, zoologist and explorer - Nikolaus PevsnerNikolaus PevsnerSir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
- German-born British scholar of history of art at Cambridge and Oxford University - Johann Georg PisendelJohann Georg PisendelJohann Georg Pisendel was a German Baroque musician, violinist and composer who, for many years, led the Court Orchestra in Dresden, then the finest instrumental ensemble in Europe.-Biography:...
- German Baroque musician, violinist and composer - Die PrinzenDie PrinzenDie Prinzen is a German music group. The band is made up of former members of the Thomanerchor and a former member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor.-Overview:Early albums consist of a cappella music...
- German music group - Günther RaminGünther RaminGünther Werner Hans Ramín was an influential German organist, conductor, composer and pedagogue in the first half of the 20th century....
- influential German organist, conductor, composer, pedagogue, and 12th Thomaskantor after Bach - Carl Gottlieb ReissigerCarl Gottlieb ReissigerCarl Gottlieb Reißiger was a German Kapellmeister and composer.-Biography:...
- German Kapellmeister and composer - Martin RinkartMartin RinkartMartin Rinkart, or Rinckart was a German clergyman and hymnist. He is best known for the text to "Now thank we all our God" , which was written ca. 1636...
- German clergyman and hymnist - Johann Theodor RoemhildtJohann Theodor RoemhildtJohann Theodor Roemhildt was a German baroque composer.He studied in Ruhla as a child with Johann Jacob Bach, then from the age of thirteen at St. Thomas' School, Leipzig under Johann Schelle and Johann Kuhnau...
- German Baroque composer - Johann RosenmüllerJohann RosenmüllerJohann Rosenmüller , was a German Baroque composer, who played a part in transmitting Italian musical styles to the north....
- German Baroque composer - Friedrich RugeFriedrich RugeFriedrich Oskar Ruge was an officer in the German Navy and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Life:Friedrich Ruge was the son and grandson of German educators...
- Vice Admiral of the German Navy - Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber - German physician and university teacher
- Johann Andreas SchubertJohann Andreas SchubertJohann-Andreas Schubert was a German general engineer , designer and university lecturer.- Life :Schubert was born on 19 March 1808 in Wernesgrün in the state of Saxony in Germany...
- German general engineer and designer - Johann Gottfried StallbaumJohann Gottfried StallbaumJohann Gottfried Stallbaum , German classical scholar, was born at Zaasch, near Delitzsch in Saxony.From 1820 until his death Stallbaum was connected with Thomasschule zu Leipzig, from 1835 as rector...
- German classical scholar - Karl Wilhelm ValentinerKarl Wilhelm ValentinerKarl Wilhelm Valentiner was a German astronomer.-Life:In 1874, Wilhelm Valentiner lead a successful German expedition to Tschifu to observe a solar eclipse. 1875, He took over the directorship of the Mannheim Observatory in 1875...
- German astronomer - Eduard VogelEduard VogelEduard Vogel was a German explorer in Central Africa.- Early career :Vogel was born in Krefeld. He studied mathematics, botany and astronomy at Leipzig and Berlin, studying with Encke at the latter institution. In 1851, he was engaged as assistant astronomer to director John Russel Hind at George...
- German explorer in Central Africa - Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
- German composer, conductor, music theorist and essayist - Jörg-Peter WeigleJörg-Peter WeigleJörg-Peter Weigle is a German conductor and music professor. He is the uncle of the conductor Sebastian Weigle and the violist Friedmann Weigle....
- German professor of choir direction - Friedrich WieckFriedrich WieckJohann Gottlob Friedrich Wieck was a noted German piano teacher, voice teacher, owner of a piano store, and music reviewer. He is remembered as the teacher of his daughter, Clara, a child prodigy who was doing international concert tours by age eleven and who later married Robert Schumann...
- German piano and voice teacher, teacher of Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
, and father of Clara SchumannClara SchumannClara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era... - Friedrich Wilhelm ZachauFriedrich Wilhelm ZachauFriedrich Wilhelm Zachow or Zachau was a German musician and composer.-Life:Zachow probably received his training from his father, the violinist Heinrich Zachow, one of Leipzig's town musicians. as organist of Halle's Church of Our Lady in 1684, succeeding Samuel Ebart...
- German Baroque musician and composer, teacher of George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music... - Carl Friedrich ZöllnerCarl Friedrich ZöllnerCarl Friedrich Zöllner was a German composer and choir director. He wrote organ variations on God Save the Queen and wrote several songs. His son was composer Heinrich Zöllner.-External links:*...
- German composer and choir director
Notable former teachers
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
- prolific German Baroque composer and organist - Karl Ferdinand BraunKarl Ferdinand BraunKarl Ferdinand Braun was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Braun contributed significantly to the development of the radio and television technology: he shared with Guglielmo Marconi the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics.-Biography:Braun was born in Fulda, Germany, and...
- German inventor, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate - Sethus CalvisiusSethus CalvisiusSethus Calvisius or Setho Calvisio, originally Seth Kalwitz was a German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher of the late Renaissance....
- German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer and teacher of the late Renaissance - Otto CrusiusOtto CrusiusOtto Crusius may refer to:* Ludwig Friedrich Otto Baumgarten-Crusius, , German Protestant divine* Otto Crusius , German classical scholar...
- German classical scholar - Johann August ErnestiJohann August ErnestiJohann August Ernesti was a German Rationalist theologian and philologist.He was born at Bad Tennstedt in Thuringia, where his father, Johann Christoph Ernesti, was pastor, besides being superintendent of the electoral dioceses of Thuringia, Salz and Sangerhausen...
- German theologian and philologist - Georg FabriciusGeorg FabriciusGeorg Fabricius , born Georg Goldschmidt, was a Protestant German poet, historian and archaeologist.- Life :...
- German poet, historian and archaeologist - Johann Matthias GesnerJohann Matthias GesnerJohann Matthias Gesner was a German classical scholar and schoolmaster.He was born at Roth an der Rednitz near Ansbach. His father, Johann Samuel Gesner, a pastor in Auhausen, died in 1704, leaving the family in straitened circumstances...
- German classical scholar and schoolmaster, an ardent enthusiast of Johann Sebastian Bach - Moritz HauptmannMoritz HauptmannMoritz Hauptmann , was a German music theorist, teacher and composer.Hauptmann was born in Dresden, and studied violin under Scholz, piano under Franz Lanska, composition under Grosse and Francesco Morlacchi,...
- German composer and writer, 6th Cantor (church)Cantor (church)A cantor is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
of the ThomanerchorThomanerchorThe Thomanerchor is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. At present, the choir consists of 92 boys from 9 to 18 years of age...
after Bach - Sebastian KnüpferSebastian KnüpferSebastian Knüpfer was a German composer. He was the cantor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig from 1657 to 1676, and director of the city’s music.-Life:...
- German Baroque composer, 3rd Thomaskantor before Bach - Johann KuhnauJohann KuhnauJohann Kuhnau was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist.-Biography :Kuhnau was born in Geising, Saxony. He grew up in a religious Lutheran family. At age nine, he auditioned successfully for the Kreuzschule in Dresden...
- German Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist, immediate predecessor as Thomaskantor before Bach - August LeskienAugust LeskienAugust Leskien was a German linguist active in the field of comparative linguistics, particularly relating to the Baltic and Slavic languages.-Biography:...
- German linguist - Johann Adam Hiller - German Classical and Romantic composer, conductor and writer on music, 3rd Thomaskantor after Bach, first Kapellmeister of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig
- Rudolf HildebrandRudolf HildebrandHeinrich Rudolf Hildebrand was a Germanist, contributor to and then editor of the Grimm brothers' Deutsches Wörterbuch. He wrote also on the history of German folksongs, and on the teaching of the German language in schools. He was professor at the University of Leipzig from 1868....
- Germanist - Johann RosenmüllerJohann RosenmüllerJohann Rosenmüller , was a German Baroque composer, who played a part in transmitting Italian musical styles to the north....
- German Baroque composer - Günther RaminGünther RaminGünther Werner Hans Ramín was an influential German organist, conductor, composer and pedagogue in the first half of the 20th century....
- influential German organist, conductor, composer, pedagogue, and 12th Thomaskantor after Bach - Georg RhauGeorg RhauGeorg Rhau was a German publisher and composer. He was one of the most significant music printers in Germany in the first half of the 16th century, during the early period of the Protestant Reformation...
- German publisher and composer, first Thomaskantor after church became Protestant, led the Thomanerchor in the opening Mass of the Leipzig DebateLeipzig DebateThe Leipzig Debate was a theological disputation originally between Andreas Karlstadt and Johann Eck. Eck, a staunch defender of Roman Catholic doctrine, had challenged Karlstadt to a public debate concerning the doctrines of free will and grace...
, published last known Lutheran Hymnbook during Martin LutherMartin LutherMartin Luther was a German priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517...
's lifetime - Ernst Richter - German musical theorist, 8th Thomaskantor after Bach and the immediate predecessor to the post of Wilhelm RustWilhelm RustWilhelm Rust was a German musicologist and composer. He is most noted today for his substantial contributions to the Bach Gesellschaft edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach....
- Wilhelm RustWilhelm RustWilhelm Rust was a German musicologist and composer. He is most noted today for his substantial contributions to the Bach Gesellschaft edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach....
- German musicologist, conductor, and composer, 9th Thomaskantor after Bach - Johann ScheinJohann ScheinJohann Hermann Schein was a German composer of the early Baroque era. He was born in Grünhain and died in Leipzig...
- German composer and hymnist of the early Baroque era - Johann Gottfried SchichtJohann Gottfried SchichtJohann Gottfried Schicht was a German composer and conductor.He was the conductor of the Gewandhausorchester from 1785 to 1810, and then the cantor of the Thomanerchor until 1823....
- German composer and conductor, 5th Thomaskantor after Bach - Karl StraubeKarl StraubeMontgomery Rufus Karl/Carl Siegfried Straube was a German church musician , organist, and choral conductor, famous above all for championing the abundant organ music of Max Reger. He studied organ under Heinrich Reimann in Berlin from 1894 to 1897 and became a widely respected concert organist...
- German church musician , organist, choral conductor, and teacher, 11th Thomaskantor after Bach, a friend and champion of Max RegerMax RegerJohann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
, instructor at the Leipzig Conservatory, and one of the teachers of Karl Richter (conductor); succeeded to the post of Thomaskantor by Günther RaminGünther RaminGünther Werner Hans Ramín was an influential German organist, conductor, composer and pedagogue in the first half of the 20th century.... - Jakob ThomasiusJakob ThomasiusJakob Thomasius was a German academic philosopher and jurist. He is now regarded as an important founding figure in the scholarly study of the history of philosophy. His views were eclectic, and were taken up by his son Christian Thomasius....
- German academic philosopher and jurist - Christian Theodor WeinligChristian Theodor WeinligChristian Theodor Weinlig was a German music teacher, composer, and choir conductor in Dresden and Leipzig....
- German music teacher, composer and choir conductor - Ernst WindischErnst WindischErnst Wilhelm Oskar Windisch was a German scholar and celticist.He is known as an Indo-Europeanist. He was also a friend of the young Friedrich Nietzsche.-Works:...
- German scholar and celticist
See also
- List of Rectors of Thomasschule zu Leipzig
- St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
- St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig
- List of the oldest schools in the world