Johann Christoph Pezel (also Petzold; his name is sometimes given in the Latinized form Pecelius) (1639 – 13 October 1694) was a German

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ist,

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er, and composer. He lived at

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from 1661 to 1681, with an interruption in 1672, when he entered an Augustinian monastery in

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, which however he left soon after to become a Protestant. His later years were spent at Bautzen, where (as at Leipzig) he was in municipal employment as ''Stadtpfeifer'' and ''Stadtmusicus''. He died in Bautzen, aged 55. He was renowned as a violinist and clarino trumpet player and published between 1669 and 1686 a considerable number of collections, chiefly of instrumental music, such as ''Musica vespertina lipsica'' (1669), ''Musicalische Seelenerquickungen'' (1675), ''Deliciae musicales, oder Lustmusik'' (1678), ''Musica curiosa lipsiaca'' (1686), etc.; also some sacred vocal music and theoretical works. He was influential in the evolution of instrumental forms and the style of orchestral writing.

References

*''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' vol. VI (1954)

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* * 1639 births 1694 deaths People from Kłodzko People from Austrian Silesia German Baroque composers 17th-century classical composers German male classical composers 17th-century male musicians {{Germany-musician-stub