Johann Melchior Dreyer (1747-1824) - Sonate Concertante (c.1786)

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Composer: Johann Melchior Dreyer (1747-1824)
Work: Sonate Concertante (III, D-Dur) des 'Six Sonates Concertants pour le Clavecin ou le Forte Piano et violoncelle' (c.1786)
Performers: Roberto Gіnі (violoncello) https://tinyurl.com/56hyysdh
Laura Alvіnі (1946-2005, harpsichord) https://tinyurl.com/7bx9f35f

Sonate Concertante (c.1786)
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Andante poco adagio 7:40
3. Rondò poco presto 12:40

Painting: Follower of Charles-André (Carle) van Loo (1705-1765) - Allegory of Music
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2siu7qt

Further info: https://www.discogs.com/release/28379077
Listen free: https://open.spotify.com/album/3AYlmeEa3o4u7kNqjDvyHC

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Johann (Johannes) Melchior Dreyer [Dreuer, Detriaste, Treÿer et al.]
(Röttingen, bap. 24 June 1747 - Ellwangen (Jagst), 22 March 1824)

German organist and composer. The youngest son of a smith, after study at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Ellwangen, he obtained his only position, the organist and schoolmaster (later choirmaster and Kantor) at the parish church of St Maria, which he retained for over 40 years. After the secularization of the foundation in 1802-03, he remained in his post as organist and Kapellmeister. As a composer, his works include 24 sonatas for organ, chamber sonatas, six Requiems, 24 vesper Psalms, six Tantum ergos, 26 Masses (six published as “simple country Masses” as his Op. 2), six symphonies, three Marian antiphons, and six Misereres. His music, little studied, is characterized by a studied simplicity and nearby to Michael Haydn on style terms. He was one of the most successful composers of sacred music of his time. His music was distributed throughout Europe, Russia and North America. His sons, Heinrich Dreyer and Johann Baptiste Dreyer, were also musicians.