Paul Peuerl (also ''Bäurl, Beuerlin, Bäwerl, Agricola, Peyerl''; 13 June 1570 (baptised), in Stuttgart – after 1625) was a German

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, organ builder, renovator and repairer, and composer of instrumental music. From November 1601 he was organist in

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and from late 1609 in Steyr. He built organs in Steyr, Horn, Enns, and

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. Peuerl wrote the earliest published

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s outside of Italy. His work on the suite form was for his time significant and influential. In 1625 he fled Steyr for religious reasons; his fate afterwards is unknown. Musicologists began to research his work in 1865. A complete edition was published in 1929.

Works

*''Newe Padouan, Intrada, Däntz und Galliarda'' à 4 (Nuremberg, 1611), the first German ensemble publication to group dances into 4-movement variation suites *''Weltspiegel as ist neue teutsche Gesänger'' à 5 (Nuremberg, 1613), a collection of songs influenced by madrigal and balletto traditions *''Ettliche lustige Padovanen, Intraden, Galliarden, Couranten und Däntz'' à 3 (Nuremberg, 1620), consisting of fourteen suites each containing a pavan, a triple meter dance (either a

galliard The ''galliard'' (; french: gaillarde; it, gagliarda) was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century. It is mentioned in dance manuals from England, Portugal, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. Dance f ...

, an

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, or a couranta), and a Däntz. *''Gantz Neue Padouanen, Auffzüg, Balleten, Couranten, Intraden, und Däntz'' à 3 (Nuremberg, 1625), 6 pieces in trio sonata form (two high melody parts with basso continuo), five of which are titled

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and one called a Dantz. *40 dances and 2 canzonas

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Rudolf Flotzinger Rudolf Flotzinger (born 22 September 1939) is an Austrian musicologist. Career Born in Vorchdorf (Austria), Flotzinger graduated from the where he was a student from 1951 to 1958.

, ''Nachforschungen zu Paul Peuerl'', Kulturamtes der Stadt Steyr, vol. 34, 1978, pp. 5f. *Alfred Kaiser, ''Paul Peuerls musikalische Sendung'', Bilderbuch der Musik, Horn 1992, pp. 29ff. (contains a detailed bibliography). :''This article includes a translation of the corresponding article from the German Wikipedia. 1570 births 17th-century deaths German Baroque composers Year of death unknown 17th-century classical composers German male classical composers 17th-century male musicians {{Germany-musician-stub