Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau (1741-1815) - Sonata per Cembalo (c.1760)
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Composer: Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau (1741-1815)
Work: 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)
Sonata per Cembalo (c.1760)
1. Allegro assai 0:00
2. Adagio 7:05
3. Presto 9:49
Drawing: Unknown artist (18th Century) - Copenhagen (1786)
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Further info: https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/b/ba/IMSLP886004-PMLP91785-Palschau_Sonata_D_Oeuvres_melees_Haffner_7.pdf
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Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau
(Copenhagen?, 21 December 1741 - St Petersburg, 5 July 1815)
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.