Gottfried August Homilius Dennoch bleib ich stets an dir

Gottfried August Homilius, the son of a pastor, was born in Rosenthal (Saxony) on 2 February 1714. In May 1735 he enrolled as a law student at Leipzig University. Likewise, it was probably at this time that Homilius was a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach; the latter fact had been attested to by Johann Adam Hiller. Apart from Bach, Homilius also had contact with Johann Schneider, a Bach pupil and organist at the Nicolaikirche, for whom he also substituted. After unsuccesfully applying for a post as organist in Bautzen, Homilius was appointed organist at the Dresden Frauenkirche in 1742. In 1755 Homilius succeeded Theodor Christlieb Reinhold as Kreuzkantor and music director of the three main churches in Dresden, a position that he occupied until his death on 2 June 1785. Plus d'information sur la personne

Uwe Wolf est un musicologue spécialisé dans les 17e et 18e siècles. Ses domaines de travail s'étendent de l'époque de Monteverdi et de Schütz au classicisme viennois en passant par Bach et la génération des fils et élèves de Bach. Depuis octobre 2011, il dirige le lectorat de la maison d'édition Carus. Auparavant, il a travaillé pendant plus de 20 ans dans la recherche sur Bach. Plus d'information sur la personne