!!!Muffat, Georg

Muffat, Georg, baptized Megève (France), June 1, 1653, 
d. Passau (Germany), Feb. 23, 1704, composer and organist; father of 
Gottlieb  Muffat. Trained in Paris, also in Vienna and Prague; 
1678-1681 worked as an organist in Salzburg, then in the service of 
the bishop of Passau; introduced French and Italian styles to the 
baroque instrumental music tradition.

!Works
For organ and instrumental music (Armonico tributo, 1682; 
Florilegium primum & secundum, 1695/1698; Apparatus 
musico-organisticus, 1690).



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