Johann Gottlieb Hüblein (Bach's Pupil)

Born: 1721 - Zeitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: not determined (after 1740)

Johann Gottlieb Hüblein was born the son of Christlieb Hüblein (Pastor in Zeitz). He enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on May 2, 1736; studied there from 1736 to 1738. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. After his studies, he worked at school in Zeitz. He published there the book Als der Wohl-Edle, Großachtbare und Wohlgelahrte Herr Carl Christian Wittich, Der Gottes-Gelahrheit eifrigst Beflissener und Catecheta an der Schloß-Kirche in 1740.

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)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2020)

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Literature: Hüblein 1740; Richter 1907, Nr. 187

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