Johann Pfeiffer (1697-1761) - Sonata für Traverso
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Composer: Johann Pfeiffer (1697-1761)
Work: Sonata (G-Dur) à Traversiero Primo, Traversiero Secondo (violine) e Violoncello
Performers: Sabine Drеiеr (traverso); Ulla Schnеidеr (violine); Tilmann Stiеhlеr (violoncello); Irene Hеgеn (cembalo)
Sonata für Traverso
1. Larghetto 0:00
2. Allegretto 2:44
3. Tempo di Menuetto 7:33
Painting: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) - Mr. and Mrs. William Chase (1760)
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Map: Unknown (17th Century) - Territorium Norimbergense
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Johann Pfeiffer
(Nuremberg, 1 January 1697 - Bayreuth, 7 October 1761)
German composer and violinist. He studied at the university of Halle and Leipzig. He spent six months as director of music for Count Heinrich XI von Reuss at Schleiz before entering the Weimar court orchestra as a violinist in 1720. In 1726 he was made Konzertmeister, a post apparently left vacant since J.S. Bach's departure in 1717. From 1734 he served as Kapellmeister in Bayreuth, and also was music teacher to Margravine Wilhelmine, sister of Friedrich II the Great. On 20 September 1752 he married the widowed Dorothea Hagin, by whom he had two sons, Friederich Pfeiffer (1754-1816), a lawyer by profession and an able violinist, and Johann Heinrich Pfeiffer, who died in infancy. In 1752 or 1753 Pfeiffer was awarded the honorary title of ‘Hofrat’ (privy councillor), and his salary was increased; by the time of his death it stood at 1375 Reichsthaler. As a composer, he wrote 3 symphonies, 18 concertos for Violin and Strings, 9 concertos for Violino Picolo and Orchestra, 2 concertos for Lute and Strings, a Flute Concerto, chamber music and vocal pieces.