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Gottfried Pestel

Gottfried Ernst Pestel originally Bestel (Berka 1654-1732) was a German composer and organist at Weida, Thuringia and Altenburg south of Leipzig. He was princely organist in the castle church from

Gottfried Ernst Pestel originally Bestel (Berka 1654-1732) was a German composer and organist at Weida, Thuringia and Altenburg south of Leipzig. He was princely organist in the castle church from 1686-1732, after which he was succeeded by Christian Lorenz. Works, editions and recordings *17 organ preludes in the Mylauer-Tabulaturbuch * Ciaconna (in Schneeberger Orgelbuch um 1705) *Cantata Komm du schoene Freudenkrone (recording on collection by Sächsisches Vocalensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, directed Matthias Jung CPO 2009) References

Era
Baroque
Lived
1654–1732
From
Germany
Born in
Berga · died Altenburg
Known as
composer, organist, musician
Instruments
pipe organ

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.