Gottfried Pestel

Quick Facts

Intro

German composer

Places

Germany

was

Musician Composer

Work field

Music

Gender

Male

Birth

1654

Place of birth

Weida, Germany

Death

1732

Place of death

Altenburg, Germany

Age

78 years

Instruments:

Pipe organ Organ

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

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
Cantata Komm du schoene Freudenkrone (recording on collection by Sächsisches Vocalensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, directed Matthias Jung CPO 2009)

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