Category

Thomaskantors

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Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer (1685–1750)

German composer, organist and harpsichordist

Johann Adam Hiller

German composer and conductor (1728–1804)

Johann Hermann Schein

German composer

Moritz Hauptmann

German music theorist, teacher and composer (1792–1868)

German organist and choral conductor (1873–1950)

German composer, conductor, music educator (1904–1973)

German organist, conductor and composer (1898–1956)

Sethus Calvisius

German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher

Christian Theodor Weinlig

German composer and conductor

German musical theorist (1808–1879)

August Eberhard Müller

German composer

Johann Gottfried Schicht

German composer and conductor (1753-1823)

Johann Friedrich Doles

German composer

'''''' (Cantor at St. Thomas) is the common name for the musical director of the , now an internationally known boys' choir founded in Leipzig in 1212. The official historic title of the Thomaskantor in Latin, '''', describes the two functions of cantor and director. As the cantor, he prepared the choir for service in four Lutheran churches, Thomaskirche (St. Thomas), Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas), Neue Kirche (New Church) and Peterskirche (St. Peter). As director, he organized music for city functions such as town council elections and homages. Functions related to the university took place at

Sebastian Knüpfer

German composer

German composer

Johann Gottlob Harrer

German composer

Georg Christoph Biller

German conductor

German composer and musicologist (1822–1892)

German composer (1648-1701)

German composer, music educator, and choirmaster (1849–1918)

Composer and cantor

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

German conductor

Valentinus Otho

German astronomer

Johannes Galliculus

German music theorist and composer

Erhard Mauersberger

German conductor (1903-1982)

Swiss organist and conductor

German choir director and conductor