- Johann Philipp Krieger
Johann Philipp Krieger (February 25, 1649 – February 7, 1725), was a German
Baroque composer , who although not prominent, contributed quality music (such as keyboard music,trio sonata s, andoperas ) to the seventeenth and eighteenth century musical world.Early years
As a young boy he studied with
Johann Drechsel andGabriel Schütz inNuremberg . In his teens studied for nearly five years as a pupil ofJohann Schröder and Förster inCopenhagen .Adulthood
After returning to his home in
Bayreuth he served asorganist , while the Nuremberg Council promised him the first available position.He traveled to
Italy in 1673 and studied inVenice withJohann Rosenmüller andVolpe . InRome he studied withAbbatim andBernardo Pasquini . In 1675 he performed for Leopold I atVienna , and was ennobled by him. He later returned to Bayreuth, and shortly thereafter visitedFrankfurt andKassel , refusing job opportunities in both places. At Halle, in 1677, he was named chamber musician and organist, became Vice-Kapellmeister in 1678 andKapellmeister when the court moved toWeissenfels in 1680. The court’s musical establishment soon became one of Germany’s greatest. A catalog of vocal works performed there lists over 2,000 of Krieger’s compositions along with hundreds of works by his brother Johann and other German and Italian composers. A selection of his works can be found in vols. 53 and 54 of Denkmäler Deutscher Tonkunst.ee also
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Adam Krieger External links
* [http://www.hoasm.org/VIE/KriegerP.html http://www.hoasm.org/]
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