Birth Anniversary: Johann Melchior Molter — February 10, 1696
Born at Tiefenort in Thuringia on 10 February 1696, the son of a cantor. He entered the service of the Margrave of Baden-Durlach in Karlsruhe in 1717, who funded his extended study tour in Italy where he absorbed the Venetian concerto style and the expressive idioms of Vivaldi and Scarlatti.
Dates verified on Klaus Häfner, Der badische Hofkapellmeister Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765), Karlsruhe, 1996, ISBN 978-3923344376; Grove Music Online, entry "Molter, Johann Melchior" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18919).
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