Thomasschule zu Leipzig
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Thomasschule zu Leipzig (St. Thomas School of Leipzig) is a famous gymnasium based in Leipzig, Germany where students take their abitur (A-levels) in preparation for college or university.
It was found as schola pauperum in 1212. Thomasschule is first mentioned in documents dating to 1254 making it among the oldest schools in Europe. Since 1539 it is owned by the city of Leipzig. All members, called Thomaner, of the boy choir (Thomanerchor) attend the school. They live in a boarding school nearby. In World War II the school building burned out. Today it is restored. 670 students currently attend and there are 70 teachers on the staff.
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Martin Rinckart - German clergyman and hymnist
- Paul Fleming - German poet
- Johann David Heinichen - German Baroque composer and music theorist
- Reinhard Keiser - popular German opera composer
- Christoph Graupner - German harpsichordist and composer of high Baroque music
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - eldest son and pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - German musician and composer
- Johann Christian Bach - composer of the Classical era
- Johann Friedrich Kind - German dramatist
- Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld - German painter
- Rudolf Hildebrand - Germanist
- Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber - German physician and university teacher
- Richard Wagner - German composer, conductor, music theorist and essayist
- Günther Ramin - influential German organist, conductor, composer and pedagogue
- Jörg-Peter Weigle - German professor of choir direction
- Die Prinzen - German music group
[edit] Notable former teachers
- Johann Sebastian Bach - prolific German composer and organist
- Karl Ferdinand Braun - German inventor, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
- Georg Rhau - German publisher and composer
- Sethus Calvisius - German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer and teacher of the late Renaissance
- Johann Schein - German composer of the early Baroque era
- Sebastian Knüpfer - German composer
- Johann Kuhnau - German composer, organist and harpsichordist
- Johann Adam Hiller - German composer, conductor and writer on music
- Johann Gottfried Schicht - German composer and conductor
- Christian Theodor Weinlig - German music teacher, composer and choir conductor
- Moritz Hauptmann - German composer and writer
- Ernst Richter - German musical theorist
- Wilhelm Rust - German musicologist and composer
- Karl Straube - German church musician , organist, and choral conductor
- Günther Ramin - influential German organist, conductor, composer and pedagogue
[edit] References
- Alles über die Thomasschule zu Leipzig. Thomasschule. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- Thomasschule zu Leipzig (Translated by Google). Thomasschule/Google. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
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