Johann Ludwig Backhaus
Johann Ludwig Backhaus (* 1715 in Gotha ; † 1771 there ) was a German organist .
Life
Backhaus attended school in Gotha and learned composition from Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel . At the age of 13 he was appointed organist of the collegiate church. He studied law in Jena . In 1740 he was appointed city organist in Gotha with service at the Margarethenkirche and the Augustinerkirche .
literature
- Autobiography in: Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg : Critical Letters on Tonkunst , Vol. 2, Berlin 1763, pp. 460f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The information in 1742 from Christoph Wolff, Markus Zepf: The organs of Johann Sebastian Bach. A manual . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 9783374024070 , p. 122, is likely to be based on an error, since he speaks of 1740 in his autobiography.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Backhaus, Johann Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1715 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1771 |
| Place of death | Gotha |