Talk:Gottlieb Muffat

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This composer had no middle name. He was christened "Liebgott Muffat" but was known throughout his life, and signed his name, "Gottlieb Muffat." The source for these pieces of information is the biography by Alison J. Dunlop, The Life and Works of Gottlieb Muffat (1690-1770) (Vienna: Hollitzer, 2013), "Part I. A Documentary Biography," section entitled "Biography," sub-section entitled "Biographical sources" (Kindle edition, without page numbers).

"Gottlieb" and "Liebgott" both mean the same thing in German, "God's love." The spurious middle name "Theophil" means the same thing, "God's love," in an early modern, latinized version of ancient Greek, which was popular among the educated in Western Europe, especially in German-speaking lands, in the 17th century. Thus, to give the composer's name as "Gottlieb Theophil Muffat" is to give him the same first name twice, which is ridiculous. 18thCHist (talk) 20:22, 20 October 2014 (UTC)