Johann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, (baptised 1 January 1720, buried 25 July 1759)[1] was a German organist, bass singer, and composer.
[1] In September of that year, he moved to a post at St Wenzel, Naumburg,[3] after another recommendation from Bach;[1] the council unanimously agreed to appoint him before they had received his formal application.
He married Bach's daughter Elisabeth Juliane Friderica in January 1749;[1] their first son was born in October of the same year and named Johann Sebastian, but died in infancy.
Forkel wrote that Bach dictated his last chorale prelude (Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668) to Altnickol on his deathbed, although this manuscript did not survive.
One of his last students, Johann Gottfried Müthel, continued his studies with Altnikol,[4] who was also involved in the marketing of the Art of Fugue which had been initiated by Bach's heirs.