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

Web links

• Publications by and about Georg Gottfried Petri in VD 18 .