Johann Gottlieb Görner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German musician
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Place of Birth: Penig, Saxony, Germany
About Johann Gottlieb Görner
- Johann Gottlieb Görner (16 April 1697 – 15 February 1778) was a German composer and organist.
- His brother was the composer Johann Valentin Görner and his son the organist Karl Friedrich Görner.
- He was a student at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig and University of Leipzig, then organist of the city's Paulinerkirche from 1716 (whose music director he became in 1723) then its Nikolaikirche from 1721.
- In 1723 he founded a Collegium Musicum, which competed with Johann Sebastian Bach's.
- He died in Leipzig.
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