Christian Gottlob Neefe ([ˈneːfə]; 5 February 1748 - 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. 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. He later became court organist in Bonn and was the principal piano teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven. His best known work was a Singspiel called Adelheit von Veltheim (1780).
Christian Gottlob Neefe was only an opera singer.
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Claim: Christian Gottlob Neefe was only an opera singer.

Evidence: Christian Gottlob Neefe ([ˈneːfə]; 5 February 1748 - 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. 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. He later became court organist in Bonn and was the principal piano teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven. His best known work was a Singspiel called Adelheit von Veltheim (1780).

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Claim: Christian Gottlob Neefe was only an opera singer.

Evidence: Christian Gottlob Neefe ([ˈneːfə]; 5 February 1748 - 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. 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. He later became court organist in Bonn and was the principal piano teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven. His best known work was a Singspiel called Adelheit von Veltheim (1780).

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