Christian Theodor Weinlig
Christian Theodor Weinlig was a German music teacher, composer, and choir conductor in Dresden and Leipzig.
Born in Dresden, Weinlig initially studied and then practised law until 1803. He then began musical training with his uncle Christian Ehregott Weinlig, with whom he studied for two years before travelling to Bologna to study with Stanislao Mattei in 1806. In Bologna he was a member of the Accademia Filarmonica. From 1814 to 1817 he worked as Cantor of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. In 1823, he became Cantor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig, an office he kept until his death.
Among his most well-known pupils were pianist Clara Schumann and composer Richard Wagner; he taught Wagner at Saint Thomas school in Leipzig.
In 1877 Wagner recalled Weinlig's teaching style to Edward Dannreuther :
