He received his first music lessons from his father, a schoolmaster and organist who died in 1675; he may also have received lessons from Johann Heinrich Hildebrand, Kantor at Ohrdruf, who was a pupil of Heinrich Bach and Johann Christian Bach.
He received his first music lessons from his father. His father was a schoolmaster and organist. These schoolmaster and organist died in 1675. He may also have received lessons from Johann Heinrich Hildebrand. Johann Heinrich Hildebrand is Kantor at Ohrdruf. Johann Heinrich Hildebrand was a pupil of Heinrich Bach. Johann Heinrich Hildebrand was a pupil of Johann Christian Bach. Johann Heinrich Hildebrand was Kantor at Ohrdruf.