Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau (1741-1815)
- Sonata (V, D-Dur) per Cembalo (c.1760), IJP 4
(World Premiere Recording)
Performers: Pau NG on Sibelius with samples of a German harpsichord (18th Century)
Further info: Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau (1741-1815)
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Danish harpsichordist and composer. He was the son of the violinist
Peter Jacob Palschau (c.1708-1793), who settled in Copenhagen around
1747, probably from Holstein. As a member of the Royal Opera orchestra
in Copenhagen, he encouraged the musical career for his five sons.
Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau received music lessons from his father
before touring Europe from an early age. He was performing in London
(1754) and Hamburg (1761), and about 1771 he studied with Johann
Gottfried Müthel in Riga. In 1777 he settled in St Petersburg, where he
quickly found favour at court and pursued a highly successful career as a
concert artist with the violinist L.P. Yershov. The last documented
appearance took place there in 1800 where he accompanied the German
singer H. Chr. Wunder. As a composer, only few works are extant, mainly
for harpsichord; 2 harpsichord concertos (c.1771), several sonatas and a
keyboard 'Aria Francois avec Variations'. His two daughters were
singers and they took part on the Johann Adolph Scheibe's funeral music
at Frederik V funeral in 1766.
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