Christoph Herthum
Christoph Herthum (born March 17, 1641 in Angelroda , † February 16, 1710 in Arnstadt ) was a German organist .
Life
Herthum has been an organist in Ebeleben since 1668 . In the same year he married Maria Catharina Bach, the daughter of Heinrich Bach, in Arnstadt . In 1672, Herthum was employed by Count Anton Günther II of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in Arnstadt as a kitchen clerk and court organist.
After 1683 he repeatedly represented his father-in-law as organist of the Arnstadt Upper Church and the Church of Our Lady and was finally appointed the new city organist after his death in 1692.
Web links
- Literature by and about Christoph Herthum in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kitchen clerk and organist , article from February 16, 2010 of the Thüringer Allgemeine
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| SURNAME | Herthum, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1641 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Angelroda |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1710 |
| Place of death | Arnstadt |