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St. Matthew, Leipzig
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St. Matthew was a church in the old town of Leipzig. During its history it had several names and functions. As a church of the Franciscan order, built in 1488, it was known as Barfüßerkirche and Heili
Neukirche in 1749
Neukirche in 1749
Matthäikirche c. 1912
Matthäikirche c. 1912
Ruins after the bombing
Ruins after the bombing
Melchior Hoffmann (composer)
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Georg Melchior Hoffmann was a Baroque composer who was influential as the leader at the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig. Some of his compositions have been mistaken for those of Johann Sebastian Bach.
St. Matthew, Leipzig
…dedicated on 24 September 1699. An organ was built in 1704 by Christoph Donat. Georg Philipp Telemann was the musical director from 1704, succeeded by Melchior Hoffmann in June 1705, and from 1720 by Georg Balthasar Schott. From 1723, the church music was supervised by the Thomaskantor (director of church music in…
Early 18th-century manuscript copy, likely written by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, of the "Traversa" part of Hoffmann's c. 1707 Magnificat in A minor (
Early 18th-century manuscript copy, likely written by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, of the "Traversa" part of Hoffmann's c. 1707 Magnificat in A minor (BWV Anh. 21, formerly attributed to Bach)