Johann Michael Zächer (1649 – 30 September 1712) was an Austrian composer.
Zächer was born in Vienna. He was ''Domkapellmeister'' of
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna from 1679 and ''Kapellmeister'' to
Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg
Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (Eleonore Magdalene Therese; 6 January 1655 – 19 January 1720) was a princess of the House of Wittelsbach who became Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the ...
the dowager empress on the death of
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician; hu, I. Lipót; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria An ...
in 1705.
[Julie Anne Sadie ''Companion to Baroque Music '' 1998 Page 259 Zacher, Johann Michael (1651-1712). Domkapellmeister of St Stephan's (from 1679) and court musician who was appointed Kapellmeister to the dowager empress on the death of Leopold I in 1705. "]
Works, editions and recordings
*''Die Heldenmüthige Judith in einem teutschen Oratorio'' (1704)
*Vespers in Vienna.
Pierre Cao
References
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Austrian classical composers
Austrian Baroque composers
1649 births
1712 deaths
Musicians from Vienna
18th-century classical composers
18th-century Austrian male musicians
Austrian male classical composers