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Johann Heinrich Sturm (Pastor, Bach's Pupil)

Born: 1730 - Gundorf, near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: 1765 - Oberthau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Johann Heinrich Sturm was born the son of Johann Heinrich Sturm (schoolmaster in Gundorf). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 2, 1745; studied there from 1745 to 1750; and at Universität Leipzig from 1751. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. He received his ordination in Merseburg in 1763; and worked as Pastor in Oberthau from 1763.

 

Source: 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)
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Sources: AKPS Magdeburg, H 22, Nr. 419 (Syllabus Examini Submissorum); LA Wernigerode, A 29c, Nr. 131 (Oberthauer Pfarr-Ersetzung betr. 1749. 1763. 1764.)
Literature: Richter 1907, Nr. 270; Pfarrerbuch Kirchenprovinz VIII, S. 471

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