Gregor Joseph Werner

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Gregor Joseph Werner (28 January 1693 – 3 March 1766) was an Austrian composer. Werner was born in Ybbs an der Donau.[1] He served from 1715 to either 1716 or 1721 (unknown) as the organist at Melk Abbey.[1] During the 1720s he was in Vienna, where he may have studied with Johann Fux and was married on 27 January 1727.[1] On 10 May 1728 he took up the position he was to hold for the rest of his life, as Kapellmeister at the Esterházy court in Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt.[1] The appointment "opened a new era for music"[2] at the court; previously, there had been seven years of relative inactivity following the death of Prince Joseph in 1721; his widow Maria Octavia, serving as co-regent for her young son Paul Anton, had instituted economies in the musical establishment.[3] Robbins Landon and Jones suggest that Werner was hired at the then 17-year-old prince's instigation.[3] Werner set to work, bringing new music to the court from Vienna and composing prolifically.[2] He remained in full charge of the Esterházy musical establishment until 1761, when he entered a period of semi-retirement, his responsibilities limited to church music.[1] Throughout this time he worked for a prince who was himself highly musical: Paul Anton had received musical training from the court musicians as well as from music masters imported from abroad; he played the violin and the flute.[4] Werner died in Eisenstadt on 3 March 1766.[1 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Common

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Gregor Joseph Werner: Vol. II: Requiem

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Werner: Requiem in C Minor: I. Requiem Aeternam

Gregor Joseph Werner: Vol. I: Salve Reginas & Pastorellas

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Werner: Masses / Te Deum Laudamus

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Werner: Requiem in C Minor: VIII. Benedictus

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Werner: Pastorella III/301: II. Larghetto

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Werner: Sinfonia in D Major: I. (Allegro)

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Gregor Joseph Werner: Vol. III: Masses and Motets

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Werner: Ecce vidimus Eium

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Werner: Salve Regina III/121: V. O Clemens

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Werner: Missa "Sunt bona mixta malis" III/19 - Gloria: V. Domine Deus

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Werner: Absalon III/3, Introductio: II. Allegro

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