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Thomaskantor (Cantor at St. Thomas) is the
common name for the
musical director of the Thomanerchor, now an
internationally known boys'
choir founded in...
- was
mostly engaged with
chamber music. From 1723, he was emplo**** as
Thomaskantor (cantor at St Thomas's) in Leipzig.
There he
composed music for the prin****l...
- well-known composers,
especially Johann Sebastian Bach, who was its
Thomaskantor (music director) from 1723
until his
death in 1750. The
church holds...
- to
combine these activities with his
duties in his
official post as
Thomaskantor in Leipzig,
which he
occupied for 21 years. Much of his music, including...
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November 1630) was a
German composer of the
early Baroque era. He was
Thomaskantor in
Leipzig from 1615 to 1630. He was one of the
first to
import the early...
- conductor, with a
focus on
opera and
choral conducting. He was
appointed Thomaskantor on 11
September 2021,
becoming the 18th
director of
music to take charge...
-
composition on a
Latin text by Bach. In 1723,
after taking up his post as
Thomaskantor in Leipzig, Bach set the text of the
Magnificat in a
twelve movement...
- been
performed a few
times until about 1800 by Bach's
successors as
Thomaskantor in Leipzig. In 1842
Mendelssohn was
awarded by the King the
honour Pour...
-
before Lent. Bach
composed it as an
audition piece for the
position of
Thomaskantor in
Leipzig and
first performed it
there on 7
February 1723. The work...
- of the
Saxon student fraternity. He took
composition lessons with the
Thomaskantor Theodor Weinlig.
Weinlig was so
impressed with Wagner's
musical ability...
