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Altnickol
Johann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, (baptised 1 January 1720, buried 25 July 1759) was a German organist, bass singer, and composer. He was a student, copyist and son-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach. Biography Altnikol was born in Berna bei Seidenberg, Oberlausitz, and first educated at the Lauban Lyceum in 1733. He was employed as a singer and assistant organist at St Maria Magdalena, Breslau, between 1740 and 1744. He began studying theology at the University of Leipzig from March 1744, after being granted four ''thalers'' as a ''viaticum'' in January of that year. From Michaelmas 1745 he sang as a bass in Johann Sebastian Bach's choirs (asserted by Bach in May 1747 when Altnickol claimed a grant of 12 ''thalers'' in April/May 1747 for the work), something he should not have been allowed to do as a university student. He also served as a scribe for Bach, copying for example ''The Well-Tempered Clavier''. He was recommended by W. F. Bach as the successor to his post at Dres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wer Ist Der, So Von Edom Kömmt
''Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt'' is a pasticcio Passion oratorio based on compositions by Carl Heinrich Graun, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach and others. The pasticcio was assembled around 1750. The only extant manuscript of the Pasticcio was written by Johann Christoph Farlau and an unknown scribe. Farlau was a pupil of Johann Christoph Altnickol, Bach's son-in-law. Since a reliable differentiation between the handwriting of the master and the pupil was only done in the early 21st century, older scholarship generally attributes the realisation of the Pasticcio to Altnickol and/or indicates Altnickol as the composer of the movements that can not be attributed to other composers. In the second half of the 20th century Bach scholarship turned its attention to the pasticcio as it was possibly Bach's elusive " 5th Passion", and for containing previously unknown work by the composer (). History The backbone of the ''Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt'' pasticcio is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
