Joseph Ferdinand Timmer (1708-1771) - Concerto à 5 (1743)

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Composer: Joseph Ferdinand Timmer (1708-1771)
Work: Concerto à 5 (1743)
Performers: Andrés Gabetta (violin); Cappella Gabetta

Painting: Jean-Baptiste Bénard (1720-1789) - Concert galant près d'une rivière

Further info: https://www.amazon.es/Music-Habsburg-Court-Cappella-Gabetta/dp/B01CH74XOC

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Joseph Ferdinand Timmer
(Wien, 1708 - Wien, 11 June 1771)

Composer and singer. Son of Mathias Timmer (c.1662-1742), regens chori at St Dorothea and afterwards at the Stephansdom, and brother of Joseph Timmer (1696-1750), Joseph Carl Timmer (1698-1785) and Leopold Timmer (1701-1757), he became a member of the court chapel in 1728 as tenor, but at such a low salary that he exchanged this position in 1729 for that of royal valet. He later served Duke Franz Stephan of Lorraine in this capacity. Though he may have participated in performances arranged by his brother Leopold Timmer, he was probably much less active as a musician and succeeded in making an official career, later becoming castellan in Castle Belvedere. His compositions are rather unattractive. Although he was the best-known member of the family, his music lacks the melodic charm and the other good qualities of Leopold Timmer’s works. #ClassicalMusic