He refused many generous and more munificent offers, including one in 1790 from Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar to travel to Italy, remaining in Erfurt for the rest of his life. Among his pupils were the celebrated organist and composer Johann Christian Rinck (1770-1846 J.C. Johann Christian Kittel worked from 1751 to 1756 as organist and girls' schoolmaster in Langensalza from 1756 to 1762 as organist at the Barfüßerkirche in Erfurt from 1762 as organist at the Predigerkirche in Erfurt, where he remained for the rest of his life and was influental as a teacher. He was a favourite - and last - pupil of J.S. He studied at Universität Erfurt (enrolled on September 22, 1746). He attended the Predigerschule (preacher school) and then the Ratsgymnasiums (council high school) in Erfurt, where he was a pupil of Jacob Adlung. He was born the son of Johann Salomon Kittel (hosiery manufacturer in Erfurt). Johann Christian Leberecht Kittel was a German organist, composer, and teacher. Johann Christian Kittel (Composer, Organ, Teacher, Copyist, Bach's Pupil)īorn: February 1732 (baptised: February 18, 1732) - Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany