Johann Michael Götz
Johann Michael Götz (* around 1735 in Mannheim ; † February 15, 1810 in Worms ) was a German music publisher and music dealer.
Götz was a sheet music engraver and he founded a sheet music engraving and printing company in his hometown. He also offered music from other publishers. The publishing house had branches in Düsseldorf, Munich and Worms and was particularly successful in the last quarter of the 18th century.
The Götz publishing house itself published 652 sheet music editions, including a number of reprints.
The composers engraved by Götz include Christian Cannabich , Johann Friedrich Hugo von Dalberg , P. Romanus Hofstätter, Ludwig August and Franziska Lebrun , Franz Xaver Sterkel , Giuseppe Toeschi, Abbé Vogler and Peter von Winter , Ignaz Holzbauer gave the score for his own account Günther von Schwarzburg out. In 1782 he was the first publisher of Ludwig van Beethoven, whose Variations on a March by Ernst Christoph Dressler (WoO 63) he wrote under the "Variations pour le Clavecin sur une Marche de Mr. Dresler, composées et dediées à son Excellence Madame la Comtesse de Wolfmetternich, née Baronne d'Assebourg, par un jeune amateur Louis van Beethoven, agé de dix ans. 1780 ”published.
In 1799 Götz moved to Worms.
literature
- Hans Schneider : The music publisher Johann Michael Götz (1740–1810) and his sheet music factory, which was privileged by the electorate. Tutzing 1989 (2 vols.)
- Publishing history and bibliography. ISBN 3-7952-0599-9 .
- Three product range catalogs from the years 1780, 1784 and 1802. ISBN 3-7952-0600-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Götz, Johann Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver and music publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1735 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1810 |
| Place of death | Worms |