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Johann Gottfried Donati

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Johann Gottfried Donati (Leipzig, 1706 – Greiz, 1782) was a German Baroque composer. Donati's father and grandfather were organ-builders in Saxony. He was organist in Greiz for 50 years and a friend of organ-builder Gottfried Silbermann.[1]

Works, editions and recordings

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Partial cantata cycles for 1737, 1742, and 1745 - mainly lost in the Greiz town fire in 1802, but a few copies survive in Mügeln and Bösenrode parish churches. His passions and chamber works are not preserved.

References

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  1. ^ Uta Wald, essay in booklet to CD Baroque Bass Cantatas from Central Germany cpo 2007