Muffat, Gottlieb#
Muffat, Gottlieb, baptized Passau (Germany), April 25, 1690, d. Vienna, Dec. 9, 1770, organist and composer. Son of Georg Muffat. From approx. 1711 at the imperial court as "imperial student", from 1717 "imperial organ player", taught the children of the royal family (among them Maria Theresia); retired in 1764. composed music for keyboard instruments only, following the baroque tradition of organ playing. regarded as one of the last exponents of the baroque Viennese school of organists.<< /P>
Works#
72 verselets, 1726; Componimenti musicali, around 1739. - Toccatas, capricci, ricercari, canzone, partitas.Literature#
S. Wollenberg, Viennese Keyboard Tradition in the Reign of Karl VI., doctoral thesis, Oxford, 1975.