Birth Anniversary: Johann Georg Pisendel — December 26, 1687
Born in Cadolzburg, Franconia, on 26 December 1687, the son of a cantor. A chorister and violinist under Torelli at the court of Ansbach, he studied law in Leipzig while playing in Telemann’s collegium musicum before joining the renowned Dresden Hofkapelle in 1712.
Dates verified on Kai Köpp, Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755) und die Dresdner Hofkapelle, Schneider, Tutzing, 2005, ISBN 978-3795211141, pp. 20-55; Sächsische Biografie authority record (https://saebi.isgv.de/biografie/Johann_Georg_Pisendel_(1687-1755)).
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