Dr. hab. phil. Michael Maul studied musicology at the University of Leipzig. In 2006 he completed his award-winning dissertation on “Baroque Opera in Leipzig (1693-1720) at the University of Freiburg, supervised by Christoph Wolff and in 2013 he completed his prize-winning habilitation treatise on the history of the Leipzig St. Thomas School (Dero berühmbter Chor – Die Leipziger Thomasschule und ihre Kantoren 1212-1804). Since 2002 he has been a member of the research team at Bach-Archiv Leipzig; In 2014-2015 he was a visiting professor at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

He has made some astonishing Bach discoveries during the last decade, including the unearthing of an unknown aria (BWV 1127) and Bach’s earliest surviving musical manuscripts. In addition to his work at Bach-Arkiv, Maul is a lecturer in musicology at the Universities of Leipzig and Halle and produces radio broadcasts on research-related topics. His publications include a wide range of articles on German baroque music in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially on J. S. Bach. He is a member of the directorate of the Neue Bach Gesellschaft.

Dr. Maul’s latest book is Bach's Famous Choir: The Saint Thomas School in Leipzig, 1212-1804. Downloads of the book can be purchased from eBooks.com.