Johann Christoph Altnikol

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Johann Christoph Altnikol (baptized January 1, 1720 in Berna , today in Sulików , Lower Silesia ; buried July 25, 1759 in Naumburg (Saale) ; in some sources Altnickol as well ) was a German composer and organist. He was a student and son-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach .

Life

Johann Christoph Altnikol's exact date of birth is unknown; What is certain is that he was baptized on January 1, 1720 in Berna near Seidenberg. From 1733 he attended the Lyceum in Lauban . Between 1740 and 1743 he worked as a singer and auxiliary organist at the Church of St. Maria Magdalena in Wroclaw . From 1744, Altnikol studied theology in Leipzig . There he came into contact with his teacher and later father-in-law Johann Sebastian Bach. In May 1747 Bach certifies to his pupil Altnikol that he

"Since Michaelis ao. 1745 continuously assisting the Choro Musico by exhibiting now as a violist, now as a cellist, but mostly as a vocal bassist ... "

In January 1748 he became organist in Niederwiesa near Greiffenberg in Silesia , again supported by a recommendation by Bach:

"He's an Ecolier, of whom I shouldn't be ashamed."

In September of the same year he took over the post of organist in the town church St. Wenzel in Naumburg (Saale) and held this position until the end of his life.

On January 20, 1749 he married Elisabeth Juliane Friederica Bach, a daughter of his composition and piano teacher JS Bach. The wedding was carried out by Christoph Wolle , the confessor of the Bach family. After the death of his father-in-law, Altnikol took the mentally handicapped Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724–1763, eldest son from the marriage between Johann Sebastian and Anna Magdalena ) into his house and looked after him until his death.

Otherwise, little is known about Altnikol's later life. From 1750 to 1751 he was a temporary teacher of the composer Johann Gottfried Müthel .

plant

Only a few of Altnikol's compositions have survived. The following works are currently known:

  • two motets
  • a piano sonata
  • two cantatas
  • a ricercare (C major) for piano (organ?)
  • a mass in D minor (Kyrie, Gloria)
  • Easter cantata "Rejoice and shout with splendid choirs"
  • Pentecost cantata "I live and you should live too"

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b quoted from: Friedrich Blume:  Altnikol, Johann Christoph. In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 1 (Aachen - Blumner). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1949, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 397–399 (= Digital Library Volume 60, pp. 2189–2194)
personal data
SURNAME Altnikol, Johann Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Altnickol, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and organist of the Baroque
DATE OF BIRTH baptized January 1, 1720
PLACE OF BIRTH Berna , today in Sulików , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH buried July 25, 1759
Place of death Naumburg (Saale)