Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694) - Ciacona (1686)

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Composer: Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694)
Work: Ciacona (B-Dur) aus 'Opus musicum sonatarum praestantissimarum' (1686)
Performers: ACRONYM ensemble

Painting: Bartolomeo Bettera (1639-1688) - Still Life with Musical Instruments
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Johann (Johannes) Christoph Pezel [Petzel, Betzel, Petzoldt, Bezel, Bezelius et al.]
(Glatz, Silesia, 5 December 1639 - Bautzen, 13 October 1694)

German town bandsman and composer. He probably attended the Gymnasium in Bautzen, and possibly travelled widely before taking up a musical appointment. He was made 4th Kunstgeiger in the Leipzig town band in 1664, and in 1670 he was promoted to Stadtpfeifer, the equivalent to being named ‘Master’ of his particular craft. He was apparently dissatisfied with his musical position and made attempts to improve it, applying at one stage for the post of Kantor at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig, a position his experience as a Stadtpfeifer in no way qualified him to fill. He applied also to be a member of the Dresden Ratsmusiken corps. Because of the plague, he left Leipzig in 1681 for Bautzen, where he remained until his death. As a composer, he published several collections but the works for which he is remembered are contained in his two important collections for the five-part cornett and trombone ensembles that were characteristic of the Ratsmusiken. The two collections are 'Hora decima musicorum' (Leipzig, 1670) and 'Fünff-stimmigte blasende Music' (Frankfurt, 1685).