Thomaskantor

E272015

Thomaskantor is the historic title given to the music director of Leipzig’s St. Thomas Church, a role famously held by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Label Occurrences
Thomaskantor canonical 3
Thomaskantor in Leipzig 2
Thomanerchor cantor 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German cultural institution
ecclesiastical music position
musical office
appliesToInstitution St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
Thomasschule zu Leipzig
associatedWithCity Leipzig
associatedWithDenomination Lutheranism
associatedWithEnsemble Thomanerchor
continuesToExist true
country Germany
field choral conducting
church music
music education
hasCulturalImpact closely associated with the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach
symbol of Leipzig’s musical heritage
hasJurisdictionOver music at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig
music at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
hasNotableHolder Günther Ramin
Johann Hermann Schein
Johann Kuhnau
Johann Sebastian Bach
Karl Straube
Moritz Hauptmann
Thomaskantor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Thomanerchor cantor
hasTitleForm St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
surface form: Cantor at St. Thomas, Leipzig

Cantor of St. Thomas Church
historicalSignificance central to Lutheran church music tradition in Leipzig
important for development of Baroque sacred music
languageOfTerm German
locatedIn Leipzig
Saxony
partOf musical life of Leipzig
responsibleFor musical standards at St. Thomas Church
repertoire of the Thomanerchor
training of choirboys for liturgical services
roleInvolves composing or selecting liturgical music
directing church music
leading the Thomanerchor
organizing music for church services
supervising musical education at the Thomasschule
teaching music to choirboys
startTime 13th century
titleHeldByFrom Johann Sebastian Bach, 1723
titleHeldByUntil Johann Sebastian Bach, 1750
usedInContext German Protestant church music
Leipzig municipal music system

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Thomanerchor employerOf Thomaskantor
Thomanerchor ledBy Thomaskantor
Thomaskantor hasNotableHolder Thomaskantor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Thomanerchor cantor
Johann Hermann Schein positionHeld Thomaskantor
this entity surface form: Thomaskantor in Leipzig
BWV 244 associatedComposerPosition Thomaskantor
this entity surface form: Thomaskantor in Leipzig