Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work

by Johann Nikolaus Forkel

See Spitta, i. 522; Schweitzer, i. 214 for farther details regarding Vogler, who died circ. 1765.

Gottfried August Homilius, b. 1714, d. 1785; pupil of Bach, circ. 1735. Cantor of the Kreuzschule, Dresden.

Christoph Transchel (1721-1800) taught music at Leipzig and Dresden; Bach's pupil and friend, circ. 1742. See Spitta, iii. 245.

Johann Gottlieb (or Theophilus) Goldberg, clavicenist to Count Kaiserling (infra, p. 119) for whom Bach wrote the so-called Goldberg Variations. He was born circ. 1720 and was a pupil of Bach from 1733-46.

Johann Ludwig Krebs, b. 1713, d. 1780; Bach's pupil, 1726-35. Bach said of him that he was “the best crab (Krebs) in the brook (Bach).”

Johann Christoph Altnikol, d. 1759.

Johann Friedrich Agricola, b. 1720, d. 1774; pupil of Bach circ. 1738-41; Director of the Royal Chapel, Berlin.

Pier Francesco Tosi, b. circ. 1650; singing master in London. His Opinioni de' canton antichi e moderni, o sieno osservazioni sopra il canto figurato was published at Bologna in 1723.

Johann Gottfried Müthel, b. circ. 1720, d. circ. 1790; pupil of Bach in 1750 and resident in his house at the time of his death; organist of the Lutheran Church, Riga.

Johann Philipp Kirnberger, b. 1721, d. 1783; Bach's pupil, 1739-41.