Johann Gottlieb Naumann was a German composer, conductor and Kapellmeister. Life Johann Gottlieb Naumann received his musical training from the teachers at his town school, who instructed him in piano and organ. Later he would be a student at the Kreuzschule in Dresden and a member of the Dresden Kreuzchor. In Dresden he was taught by the Organist and Cantor of the Kreuzschule, Gottfried August Homilius, a student of Bach. In May 1757, he traveled to Italy with the Swedish violinist Anders Wesström. The composer Giuseppe Tartini encountered Naumann and his works in 1762 and took an interest in them. Later that year, he made his debut as an opera composers in Venice with Il tesoro insidiato. Following his successful 1764 production of Li creduti spiriti, he was engaged as the second church composer for the Dresden court, on the composer Johann Adolf Hasse's recommendation.Dieter Härtwig and Laurie Ongley: "Joha