Born: Jan­u­a­ry 6, 1711, Basel, Switzerland.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 5, 1783.

Thommen, a tai­lor and lat­er an oil­cloth fac­to­ry own­er, be­came can­tor St. Pe­ter’s Church in Basel in 1783. He al­so con­duct­ed a sing­ing school for church mu­si­cians. His works in­clude:

• Erbaulicher Mu­sic­al­isch­er Christ­en-Schatz (Ba­sel, Switz­er­land: 1745)

Sources

Music

1. O Du Liebe
2. Ringe Recht