Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht

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| birth_date = 8 April 1722 in Ulm - 11 August 1794 in Ansbach

| nationality = German

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Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (8 April 1722 in Ulm - 11 August 1794 in Ansbach) was a German composer, flutist, and Kapellmeister. Born to a musical family, he composed many works of chamber music and symphonies. From 1743 to 1769, he served at the court of Bayreuth.{{Cite book |last1=Fischer |first1=Axel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBfCTlW9R9YC |title=The Archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. Catalogue |last2=Kornemann |first2=Matthias |date=2009-12-22 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-598-44174-5 |pages=99 |language=en}} His son, Christian Ludwig Kleinknecht (1765-1794), was also a musician and a composer.{{Cite book |last=Boer |first=Bertil van |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GchjwmUnmoC |title=Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period |date=2012-04-05 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7386-5 |pages=309–310 |language=en}}