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August Bernhard Valentin Herbing

German organist and composer

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Source revisionNov 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ4820649 ↗
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August Bernhard Valentin Herbing (9 March 1735 in Halberstadt - 26 February 1766 in Magdeburg) was a German organist and composer.

Life

Son of Johann Georg Herbing (1698–1783), who was his first teacher. In 1755 he was assistant organist of the cathedral of Magdeburg. In 1764 he succeeded Georg Tegetmeyer to the position of organist, but he died shortly later.

Works

Musicalische Belustigungen, a collection of 70 lieder

part 1, 1758

part 2, 1767

Musikalischer Versuch, 1759

March for keyboard inMusikalisches Allerley, 1761

few other songs in manuscripts

Sources

Raymond A. Barr's article in New Grove Dictionary of Music

M. Friedlaender: Das deutsche Lied im 18. Jahrhundert, 1902

H. Kretzschmar, ed.: Ernst Bach: Sammlung auserlesener Fabeln; Valentin Herbing: Musikalischer Versuch, DDT, xlii, 1910

W. Hobohm: Das Magdeburger Musikleben im 18.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1735, 1766, 1698, 1783—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1735-03-09. The account is most persuasive where August, Bernhard and Valentin can be independently traced.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 9, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4820649. VIAF identifies the subject as 68489230. The Library of Congress control number is no90014025. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1735, 1766, 1698 and 1783.

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