Georg Gottfried Petri
Georg Gottfried Petri (born December 9, 1715 in Sorau ; † July 6, 1795 in Görlitz ) was a German cantor and composer .
Life
Petri initially studied law for four years in Halle and then initially worked as a private tutor . On April 30, 1748 he was appointed music director to Guben . In 1755 he applied in vain to succeed Gottlob Harrer as Thomaskantor in Leipzig . From 1764 he was cantor and music director as well as teacher at the grammar school in Görlitz .
Petri had an extensive music library of around 1000 works, including compositions by Georg Philipp Telemann , Johann Sebastian Bach , Johann Friedrich Doles and Gottfried August Homilius .
Johann Samuel Petri was his nephew .
Works (selection)
- Musical emotions , 2 parts, gates 1761
- "Singing of the three men in the furnace", Drama Musicum, which was performed on the second anniversary of the Görlitzischen Gymnasii on June 26, 1765 , Görlitz 1765
literature
- Lothar Hoffmann inheritance law: Petri: (2) Georg Gottfried Petri. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Obituary and obituary in: Lausitzische Monatsschrift , 1795, 7th item, p. 51 ff.
- Max Gondolatsch: Georg Gottfried Petri, Cantor in Görlitz 1764-95, and his musical legacy . Leipzig 1921
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SURNAME | Petri, Georg Gottfried |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cantor and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1715 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sorau |
DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1795 |
Place of death | Goerlitz |