Johann Christoph Pez

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Johann Christoph Pez

Johann Christoph Pez ( also: Petz, Betz, Beez; born September 9, 1664 in Munich ; † September 25, 1716 in Stuttgart ) was a German composer and conductor.

Life

As the son of a tower keeper, Pez attended the Jesuit grammar school in Munich and graduated in 1681.

In 1687 he became choirmaster at the Church of St. Peter in Munich, in 1688 court musician with Elector Max Emanuel . This enabled him to study for a longer period in Rome . In 1694, Pez moved to the service of the Cologne Elector Joseph Clemens from Bavaria to Bonn , with the task of reforming the electoral chapel. In 1695 the elector awarded him the position of Kapellmeister and the title of electoral council. In 1701 he returned to Munich and was employed there as a musician at the court orchestra until 1706 . In 1706 he took up the position of senior music director with Duke Eberhard Ludwig von Württemberg in Stuttgart , which he held until his death.

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Like many of his contemporaries, Pez used a mixture of French and Italian styles in his compositions; Sometimes he is counted among the Lullysten , that is, the imitators of the great French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully (similar to Georg Muffat , Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer and others).

In the poem Über Several Teutsche Composisten published in 1730 , Georg Philipp Telemann Pez, along with better-known names such as Handel, was one of the great composers and particularly praised his sonatas .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 volumes, Munich 1970–1976; Volume 2, p. 1.
personal data
SURNAME Pez, Johann Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petz, Johann Christoph; Betz, Johann Christoph; Beez, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and Kapellmeister
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1664
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1716
Place of death Stuttgart