Christian Gottlob Meissner (Musician, Bach's Pupil)

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Christian Gottlob Meißner (Musician’s Bach’s Pupil)
Born: December 1707 (baptised: December 18, 1707) - Geithain, about 30 km south-east of Leipzig, Saxony, Germany Died: November 16, 1760 - Geithain, Saxony, Germany
Christian Gottlob Meißner was a German musicia, He studied with J.S. Bach in Leipzig between 1723 and 1729, and during this periuod her served as one of J.S. Bach’s principal copyists. He was appointed Kantor at Geithain in 1731, and spent the rest of his life there.

Source: Oxford Composer Companions J.S. Bach (Editor: Malcolm Boyd, OUP, 1999), p. 292 Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2010)
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