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Johann Christian Köpping (Copyist, Curator, ach's Pupil) |
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Born: c1704 - Großbothen, about 30 km south-east of Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: 1772 |
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Johann Christian Köpping was a German curator. He was born the son of Martin Köpping (schoolmaster in Großbothen). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 16, 1718; studied there from 1718 to 1726; and at Universität Leipzig from 1725. He also studied privately with J.S. Bach in Leipzig between 1723 and 1726, and served as curator at the Thomasschule. Like several of J.S. Bach's other pupils, he acted also as copyist for J.S. Bach from 1723-1724 and occasionaly until the end of 1726. He was identified in J.S. Bach' manuscripts as Anon. Id; Anon. 19; J. S. Bach XXIV. It is to Köpping that we owe the only known score of J.S. Bach's Cantata O heilges Geist und Wasserbad, BWV 165 (1724). After his studies, he worked as sexton at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig from 1740. His brothers were also Thomaners: Gottlieb Köpping (1701-1763) in 1715-1724; Johann Andreas Köpping (1714-1797) in 1733-1736.
References: Richter: 22; Bach Digital: 00000811 |
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Works of Bach he copied [Manuscript No. in Bach Digital / Work / Performance date] |
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D-B Am.B 105: BWV 165 [1724]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 974: BWV 511; BWV 299 [1]; Bach-Inc. 48; Bach-Inc. 49 [1725/1726]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 19: BWV 24 [20.6.1723]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 59: BWV 81 [30.1.1724]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 61: BWV 167: Continuo part [24.6.1723]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 111, Faszikel 1: BWV 245 (version 1) [7.4.1724]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 152: BWV 1066 [between May 1724 and end 1725]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 346, Faszikel 1: BWV 194 ((Leipzig version 2) [Nov 1723]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 346, Faszikel 3: BWV 194 (Leipzig version 2)/ 12, 2-5, 7, 10 [16.6. 1726?]
D-Dl Mus. 2392-E-612: G.P. Telemann: Cantata Der Herr ist König (TVWV deest; Satz 1 = TVWV 8:6), in it two movements, which were edited by J.S. Bach (= deest (Serie I: 7)) [1724]
BWV 160: Main Copyist [not in Bach Digital] |
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Sources:
1. Oxford Composer Companions J.S. Bach (Editor: Malcolm Boyd, OUP, 1999)
2. fine-print footnotes in the Bach-Dokumente
3. Bach Digital Website (January 2020)
4. Bernd Koska: Dissertation "Bachs Thomaner als Kantoren in Mitteldeutschland" (Beeskow 2018), Anhang VII.1 Die Alumnen der Thomasschule 1710-1760, English translation by Aryeh Oron (April 2020)
5. Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2014, April 2020); Thomas Braatz (January 2011) |
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Links to other Sites |
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Kopping, Johann Christian (Bach Digital) |
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Bibliography |
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Sources: Quellen: StA Leipzig, Stift. IX, A 31 (Den Küster, den Glockentreter, Cymbelträger, Kirchenvoigt etc. der Thomaskirche betr.)
Literature: Richter 1907, Nr. 22; Schulze 1970, S. 271; NBA IX/3, Nr. 42 |
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