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Death Anniversary: Johann Ernst Eberlin — June 19, 1762
19 June 2027
Salzburg
He died in Salzburg on 19 June 1762 as Hofkapellmeister to Prince-Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach. A master of strict counterpoint and dramatic choral polyphony, his organ toccatas and fugues were copied and deeply studied by the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Dates verified on Florian Schneider, Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762): Hofkapellmeister in Salzburg, Tutzing, 1993, ISBN 978-3795207434; Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online (https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_E/Eberlin_Ernst.xml).
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