Background
Doles was born in Steinbach-Hallenberg.
composer conductor choir director
Doles was born in Steinbach-Hallenberg.
He attended the University of Leipzig.
He was Kantor at the Leipzig Thomasschule, conducting the Thomanerchor from 1756 to 1789. In that year (1789) he directed the performance of Bach"s motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied that reportedly made a deep impression on Mozart. Doles wrote a manuscript treatise on singing which may preserve some elements of Bach"s own methods.