Georg Muffat (1653-1704) was a composer in the Baroque style.
Muffat… Read Full Bio ↴Georg Muffat (1653-1704) was a composer in the Baroque style.
Muffat was born in Megeve, Savoy (now in France), of Scottish descent. His precise birth date is unknown, but he was baptised on 1st June 1653. He studied in Paris with Jean-Baptiste Lully between 1663 and 1669, then became an organist in Molsheim and Sélestat. Later, he studied law in Ingolstadt, afterwards settling in Vienna. He could not get an official appointment, so travelled to Prague in 1677, then to Salzburg, where he worked for the archbishop for some ten years.
About 1680, he traveled to Italy, there studying the organ with Bernardo Pasquini, a follower of the tradition of Girolamo Frescobaldi; he also met Arcangelo Corelli, whose works he greatly admired. From 1690 to his death on 23rd February 1704, he was Kapellmeister to the bishop of Passau.
His works are strongly influenced by both French and Italian composers.
Muffat… Read Full Bio ↴Georg Muffat (1653-1704) was a composer in the Baroque style.
Muffat was born in Megeve, Savoy (now in France), of Scottish descent. His precise birth date is unknown, but he was baptised on 1st June 1653. He studied in Paris with Jean-Baptiste Lully between 1663 and 1669, then became an organist in Molsheim and Sélestat. Later, he studied law in Ingolstadt, afterwards settling in Vienna. He could not get an official appointment, so travelled to Prague in 1677, then to Salzburg, where he worked for the archbishop for some ten years.
About 1680, he traveled to Italy, there studying the organ with Bernardo Pasquini, a follower of the tradition of Girolamo Frescobaldi; he also met Arcangelo Corelli, whose works he greatly admired. From 1690 to his death on 23rd February 1704, he was Kapellmeister to the bishop of Passau.
His works are strongly influenced by both French and Italian composers.
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Concerto Grosso No. 4 "Dulce somnium": I. Sonata Grave
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Artwork: Romeyn de Hooghe «Uitzicht vanaf de fonteingrotten op de triomfboog»
Noel M
I hear this music and I feel like I was there. So sublime, it makes me weep. Such yearning. 🙏🏻👏🏻
Willem de Fesch
Thanks for uploading! Muffat wrote such nice pieces mixing the French and German styles (at least that's what it sounds like to my layman's ear).
Willem de Fesch
@Milos Masala Quite literally, having Lullyesque and Telemann-style music in one piece, but now that I hear this specific piece again (having heard much more music than two years ago), it does sound quite like Corelli, as another comment also suggests.
Milos Masala
What do you mean by mixing french and german styles?
Isabelle M
Dulce somnium! Thank you!
Paolo Angioni
Meraviglia! Perché la musica è cambiata? Perché non si fa ascoltare questa musica già nelle classi medie per non dare in pasto ai vari Vasco Rossi i nostri figli? La responsabilità è della Scuola e dei vari ministri che l'hanno governata.
Simone Battaglia
5:24 Another borrowing/reworking of Handel: in "Se la morte non vorrà" (from the cantata "Qual ti riveggio, oh Dio") and "Non ho che cor amarti"(from Agrippina), if I'm not mistaken he used it even for an organ concerto.
Dramma per musica
Right, in Organ Concerto in G minor Op.7/5 HWV 310 [part V - Gavotte].
François Couperin
gorgeous