Hall of Composers
Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694)
German bandsman and composer Johann Christoph Pezel spent his whole career as a member of various town bands. He worked as a ratsmusiker, a humble yet privileged class of musicians who were derived from the old tower watchmen; and a stadtpfiefer, a lifetime appointment that was the equivalent of being named “Master” of his particular craft. Pezel is remembered for the composition of two important five-part collections for cornett and sackbut ensembles-groups that performed at least twice daily from the watchtower, a widespread practice throughout Renaissance-age Germany.
Selected works include Hora decima musicorum Lipsiensium (1670) and
Fünff-stimmigte blasende Musik (1685).
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