Christian Siegmund Liebe (5 November 1654 – 3 September 1708) was a German composer. Liebe was born in

Freiberg, Saxony Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany. It is a so-called ''Große Kreisstadt'' (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district. Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage ...

. He studied in Leipzig, then was a private teacher in Dresden and from 1684 Rektor and organist in Frauenstein, then from 1690 Rektor in Zschopau till his death. Many vocal works survive in a rather conservative style.Hans Oskar Koch ''Sonderformen der Blasinstrumente in der deutschen Musik'' 1980 "... fünfstimmigen Hautbois-Satz finden wir in erhaltenen beziehungs-weise nachweisbaren Werken von: Christian Liebe (1654 - 1708), ..." He died in

Zschopau Zschopau (), is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany. Geography The town is located on the northwestern slopes of the Ore Mountains, on both Bank (geography), banks of the Zschopau (river), Zschopau River, about south-east ...

, aged 53.

Works, editions and recordings

*''O Heiland aller Welt'' - recording on collection by Sächsisches Vocalensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, directed Matthias Jung CPO 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liebe, Christian German classical composers German Baroque composers 1654 births 1708 deaths German male classical composers