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Christian Gottlob Neefe (Composer)

Born: 5th February 1748, Chemnitz, Germany

Died: 28th January 1798, Dessau, Germany

Nationality: German

Christian Gottlob Neefe was a German opera composer and conductor.

Neefe was born in Chemnitz, Saxony. He received a musical education and started to compose at the age of 12. He studied law at Leipzig University, but subsequently returned to music to become a pupil of the composer Johann Adam Hiller under whose guidance he wrote his first comic operas.

In 1776 Neefe joined the Seyler theatrical company of Abel Seyler (then) in Dresden, and inherited the position of musical director from his mentor, Hiller.

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