Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694)
- Ciacona (B-Dur) aus
'Opus musicum sonatarum praestantissimarum' (1686)
Performers: ACRONYM ensemble
Further info: Opus Musicum Sonatarum
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German town bandsman and composer. He probably attended the Gymnasium in
Bautzen, and possibly travelled widely before taking up a musical
appointment. He was made 4th Kunstgeiger in the Leipzig town band in
1664, and in 1670 he was promoted to Stadtpfeifer, the equivalent to
being named ‘Master’ of his particular craft. He was apparently
dissatisfied with his musical position and made attempts to improve it,
applying at one stage for the post of Kantor at the Thomaskirche,
Leipzig, a position his experience as a Stadtpfeifer in no way qualified
him to fill. He applied also to be a member of the Dresden Ratsmusiken
corps. Because of the plague, he left Leipzig in 1681 for Bautzen, where
he remained until his death. As a composer, he published several
collections but the works for which he is remembered are contained in
his two important collections for the five-part cornett and trombone
ensembles that were characteristic of the Ratsmusiken. The two
collections are 'Hora decima musicorum' (Leipzig, 1670) and
'Fünff-stimmigte blasende Music' (Frankfurt, 1685).
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