Johann Gottfried Donati

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Johann Gottfried Donati (* 1706 in Leipzig , † 1782 in Greiz ) was a German composer and organist .

Life

Donati comes from the Donati family of organ builders . He studied in Leipzig and from 1729 became town clerk and organist in Greiz. On December 2, 1742, in the presence of the Reussian councilors of Unter-Greiz , he inaugurated the organ built by Johann Gottfried Silbermann in Fraureuth . He also had a friendship with Silbermann. From the time of the organ consecration in Fraureuth there is a 16-page booklet Discurse by two organ friends , in which Rosetto and Tarindo ponder organ building. In Tarindo it is probably Donati.

At Easter 1743 he also consecrated the Silbermann organ at Burgk Castle and noticed O silver sound! about the acoustics of the organ. In 1746 he initiated a Collegium Musicum in Greiz based on the Leipzig model. For this college he put together a small rulebook with 17 rules of conduct.

plant

  • My Hertzens-Hauß prepare you , cantata for Pentecost
  • Sonata de Camera for 2 violins, 2 viols and basso continuo
  • Cantata cycles for 1737, 1742, 1745 and passions (lost)

literature

  • Werner Müller: Gottfried Silbermann, personality and work, a documentation. The musical instrument, Frankfurt a. M., 1982, p. 291.
  • Gregory S. Butler, George Stauffer, Mary Dalton Greer (Eds.): About Bach University of Illinois Press, Champaign, 2008, p. 82.

Recordings

  • Praise God you Christians all at once; Baroque bass cantatas. Klaus Mertens; Accademia Daniel; Ensemble Shalev Ad-El, cpo, 777-298-2, 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Fraureuth parish
  2. ^ Carl Ferdinand Becker: Systematic chronological presentation of musical literature from the earliest to the most recent. R. Friese, Leipzig, 1839, p. 60.
personal data
SURNAME Donati, Johann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH 1782
Place of death Greiz