Gottlieb Muffat
Gottlieb (Theophil) Muffat (born April 25, 1690 in Passau , † December 9, 1770 in Vienna ) was an Austrian organist and composer .
Life
Gottlieb Muffat was a son of the composer Georg Muffat , from whom he probably received his first music lessons. After his father's death, he settled in Vienna, where his brother Franz Georg Muffat (1681–1710) worked as a chamber musician in the court orchestra from 1701. There he became court scholar (student of the court orchestra), where he was a student of Johann Joseph Fux .
In 1717 he was by Charles VI. appointed imperial court and chamber organist. He gave music lessons to the children of the imperial family, including the later Empress Maria Theresa. In 1729 he was appointed second organist and in 1741 court organist. In 1764 Muffat was retired with a substantial annual pension of 900 guilders. Georg Christoph Wagenseil was most likely one of his students .
plant
Muffat wrote mainly compositions for organ and harpsichord , including numerous fugues and toccatas . His compositions for the harpsichord appeared under the title Componimenti musicali (1739). He also created a Salve regina , a Sonata pastorale and three harpsichord concerts, in which he already used elements of the modern gallant style .
In 1940 Muffatgasse in Vienna- Meidling (12th district) was named after him.
literature
- Alison J. Dunlop: The Life and Works of Gottlieb Muffat (1690-1770). Hollitzer, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-99012-084-2 .
- Ernst Hintermaier: Muffat, Gottlieb. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 567 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Philipp Spitta: Muffat, Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 443.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Muffat, Gottlieb . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 19th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 447 f. ( Digitized version ).
- In: Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music - The composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 131/132, volume 4 .
Web links
- Works by and about Gottlieb Muffat in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Gottlieb Muffat in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Gottlieb Muffat in the International Music Score Library Project
- Digital version of the Componimenti Musicali per il harpsichord (supplement volume of the Handel edition, published by Friedrich Chrysander , Leipzig 1896)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muffat, Gottlieb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muffat, Theophil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1690 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Passau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1770 |
| Place of death | Vienna |