Introduction

Biography

Doles is re­mem­bered as a com­pos­er of cham­ber and sac­red mu­sic.

While a stu­dent at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig, he di­rect­ed the ci­ty’s Gross­es Kon­zert (lat­er known as the Ge­wand­haus Or­ches­tra).

He served as as­sist­ant or­gan­ist at the Gym­na­si­um in Schmal­kal­den, and can­tor in Frei­berg (1744) and at the Tho­mas­kirche in Leip­zig (1755).