!!!Biechteler von Greiffenthal, Matthias Sigmund

b. Leibnitz (Styria), around 1668, 
d. Salzburg, Aug. 27, 1743, composer. Studied in Graz from 1684; began 
as court musician to Prince Archbishop Ernst von Thun in Salzburg, 
became deputy director of music in 1703 and director of music in 1706; 
was made a member of the nobility in 1723.

!Works
19 masses, 4 requiems, various pieces of vocal music, church 
sonatas and music for Jesuit dramas.



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