Born: April 4, 1708 - Bendeleben, Thuringia, Germany Died: unknown
Johann Christoph Schmied studied at the Thomasschule in Leipzig in 1729. He was not accepted as Thomaner; J.S. Bach's report in Leipzig from May 9, 1729 indicates that he had a good tenor voice and could sight-read music very well. Most probably he was not J.S. Bach's pupil.
Source: fine-print footnotes in the Bach-Dokumente; Bach Digital Website (June 2019)
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