Georg Arnold (23 April 1621 in
Feldsberg
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– 16 January 1676 in
Bamberg
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) was an Austrian composer and organist.
From 1649 he was court organist in
Bamberg
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at the court of Fürstbischof
Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg
Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg (1603–1653) was the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1642 to 1653.
Biography
Melchior Otto von Voit von Salzburg was born in Eichenhausen, which is today part of Wülfershausen, on 19 June 1603.
He served as a ' ...
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[Erik Kjellberg The Dissemination of Music in Seventeenth-century Europe: 2010 "Dagegen konnte Georg Arnold (1621-1676), der seit 1649 Hoforganist des Fürstbischofs von Bamberg war, nicht wenige Werke in einer Reihe von Drucken publizieren."]
Works
Vocal music
* ''Liber primus sacrarum cantionum'' for 2-5 voices and instruments (Nürnberg, 1651)
* ''Operis secundi liber I missarum, psalmorum et Magnificat'' for 5 voices and instruments (Innsbruck, 1656)
* ''Liber II sacrarum cantionum'' for 4–7 voices and instruments (Innsbruck, 1661)
* ''Psalmi de Beata Maria Virgine'' for 3 voices and instruments (Innsbruck, 1662)
* ''Psalmi vespertini'' for 2 solo voices, ripieno choir and Instruments (Bamberg, 1663)
* ''Opus sextum. Tres missae pro defunctis et alia missa laudativa'' for 4–7 voices and instruments (Bamberg, 1665)
* ''Mottetae tredecim selectissimae de nomine Jesu'' for solo voice and instruments (Kempten, 1672)
* ''Prima pars. Quatuor missae'' for 4 voices and instruments (Bamberg, 1672/1673), republished as ''Missarum quaternio'' (Bamberg, 1675)
Instrumental music
* ''Canzoni, ariae et sonatae'' for 1-4 violins, Violas and Bc. (Innsbruck, 1659)
References
1621 births
1676 deaths
17th-century classical composers
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