!!!Wagenseil, Georg Christoph

Wagenseil, Georg Christoph, b. Vienna, Jan. 29, 1715, 
d. Vienna, March 1, 1777, musician; his compositions lie between 
Baroque and  Viennese Classicism; as a pianist he was the last 
representative of the Vienna organist school (transition to the piano 
concerto of the classicist period); 1739 court composer, 1749 Imperial 
pianist, music tutor to the imperial family.

!Works
16 operas, 3 oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, piano concertos 
and sonatas, organ pieces, church music.

!Literature
H. Scholz-Michelitsch, G. C. W. als 
Klavierkomponist, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1967.


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