Thidericus

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Thidericus was an Augustinian canon at St. Thomas' monastery in Leipzig. He was the first in 1295 and until 1443 the only head of the Thomas School in Leipzig mentioned in a document . At the same time he acted as Thomaskantor . He gave singing lessons and was a lead singer.

Individual evidence

  1. Manfred Mezger, Bernhard Knick (Ed.): St. Thomas zu Leipzig. School and choir. Place of work of Johann Sebastian Bach. Pictures and documents on the history of the St. Thomas School and the St. Thomas Choir with their contemporary historical relationships . Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1963, p. 22.