Johann Gottfried Donati (

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Greiz Greiz () is a town in the state of Thuringia, Germany, and is the capital of the district of Greiz. Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia, east of state capital Jena, on the river ''White Elster''. Greiz has a large park in its center (Fürstl ...

, 1782) was a German Baroque composer. Donati's father and grandfather were organ-builders in Saxony. He was organist in Greiz for 50 years and a friend of organ-builder

Gottfried Silbermann Gottfried Silbermann (January 14, 1683 – August 4, 1753) was a German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and fortepianos; his modern reputation rests mainly on the latter two. Life Very little is know ...

.Uta Wald, essay in booklet to CD ''Baroque Bass Cantatas from Central Germany'' cpo 2007

Works, editions and recordings

Partial cantata cycles for 1737, 1742, and 1745 - mainly lost in the Greiz town fire in 1802, but a few copies survive in

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and Bösenrode parish churches. His passions and chamber works are not preserved. *Cantata ''Mein Hertzens-Haus bereite dich''

Klaus Mertens Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949, in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice. Career Klaus Mertens took singing lessons ...

, Accademia Daniel, dir Shalev Ad-El, 2007.

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1706 births 1782 deaths Musicians from Leipzig German organists German male organists German Baroque composers 18th-century classical composers 18th-century keyboardists German classical composers German male classical composers 18th-century German composers 18th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub