Wilhelm Eusebius Suppius (Bach's Pupil)

Born: December 25, 1714 - Naundorf, near Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: 1738 - Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Wilhelm Eusebius Suppius was born to Johann Jacob Suppe (Pastor in Naundorf). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on (December 2, 1727; and studied there from 1727 to 1733; and at school in Magdeburg. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. J.S. Bach reported (August 23, 1730): “not yet ready to be used in the 1^st choir (figural music)”. He died as choir prefect at Merseburger Gymnasiums.

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 (March 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2020)

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Suppius, Wilhelm Eusebius (Bach digital)

Bibliography

Richter 1907, Nr. 100; Dok I, Nr. 22 (S. 64 und 66); Pfarrerbuch Kirchenprovinz VIII, S. 482

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