The first Universitätsmusikdirektor [de] (director of university music) known by name was Werner Fabricius, who served from 1656 to 1679; he was followed by Johann Kuhnau and Max Reger, among many others.

[2] On 27 November 1962, Rabenschlag's successor was Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, who continued to conduct the choir even after he was appointed Thomaskantor in 1972.

He focused on historically informed performances, but also conducted contemporary works by Paul Dessau and Alfred Schnittke.

Twenty-five years after the demolition of the Paulinerkrche, the choir performed a memorial concert at the Gewandhaus on 26 May 1993.

[4] The choir's recording of Hugo Distler's Litugische Gesänge won an Echo Klassik award in 2001 [de].