Daniel Schiebeler (25 March 1741 – 19 August 1771) was a German writer, poet, librettist and Protestant hymnwriter.
Born in Hamburg as the son of a merchant, Schiebeler attended the school Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums, after education by a private tutor who introduced him to novels.
He studied law without enthusiasm, from 1763 in Göttingen and from 1765 in Leipzig, graduating in 1768 with a dissertation "De modo poenarum".
[1] Schiebeler wrote several librettos for operas and oratorios, such as Basilio und Quiteria based on an episode from Cervantes' Don Quixote.
Schiebeler wrote the libretto for the dramatic oratorio Die Israeliten in der Wüste, set to music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, which premiered on 1 November 1769 in Hamburg.