Death Anniversary: Gottlieb Muffat — December 9, 1770
He died in Vienna on 9 December 1770 at eighty. Renowned as the premier Austrian keyboard virtuoso of his era, his published collections 72 Versetl sammt 12 Toccaten of 1726 and Componimenti musicali per il cembalo of 1739 were heavily drawn upon and adapted by George Frideric Handel in several major London oratorios.
Dates verified on Alison J. Dunlop, The Life and Works of Gottlieb Muffat (1690–1770), Hollitzer, Vienna, 2013, ISBN 978-3990120842, pp. 20-55; Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online (https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_M/Muffat_Familie.xml).
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