Friedrich Schneider
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Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider was a German pianist, composer, organist, and conductor.
A steel engraving of Friedrich Schneider
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
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The St. Thomas Church is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany, located at the western part of the inner city ring road in Leipzig's central district. Martin Luther preached in the church in 1539. It
Friedrich Schneider
…first published works were a set of three piano sonatas in 1804. In 1805, he commenced studies at the University of Leipzig. He became an organist at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig in 1812, and was named conductor in Dessau in 1821. It is thought that Schneider premiered Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in Leipzig on…
Leipzig Thomaskirche
Interior, 2008
Statue of Johann Sebastian Bach at the Thomaskirche
Bach's grave beneath the floor of the choir (sanctuary) of the church