Melchior Heger Melchior Heger was Thomaskantor from 1553 to 1564.[1] References[edit] ^ "Melchior Heger". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 10 February 2014. vteThomaskantors of the ThomanerchorThomaskantors Georg Rhau (1518–1520) Johannes Galliculus (1520–1525) Valerian Hüffeler (1526–1530) Johannes Hermann (1531–1536) Wolfgang Jünger (1536–1539) Johannes Bruckner (1539–1540) Ulrich Lange (1540–1549) Wolfgang Figulus (1549–1551) Melchior Heger (1553–1564) Valentin Otto (1564–1594) Sethus Calvisius (1594–1615) Johann Hermann Schein (1615–1630) Tobias Michael (1631–1657) Sebastian Knüpfer (1657–1676) Johann Schelle (1677–1701) Johann Kuhnau (1701–1722) Johann Sebastian Bach (1723–1750) Johann Gottlob Harrer (1750–1755) Johann Friedrich Doles (1756–1789) Johann Adam Hiller (1789–1801) August Eberhard Müller (1801–1810) Johann Gottfried Schicht (1810–1823) Christian Theodor Weinlig (1823–1842) Moritz Hauptmann (1842–1868) Ernst Friedrich Richter (1868–1879) Wilhelm Rust (1880–1892) Gustav Schreck (1893–1918) Karl Straube (1918–1939) Günther Ramin (1939–1956) Kurt Thomas (1957–1960) Erhard Mauersberger (1961–1972) Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (1972–1991) Georg Christoph Biller (1992–2015) Gotthold Schwarz (2016–2021) Andreas Reize (since 2021) Related Forum Thomanum Category Authority control databases International VIAF Other RISM This article about a German musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte