Johann Georg Pisendel

Johann Georg Pisendel (December 26, 1687 - November 25, 1755) was a musician of the Baroque period.

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Pisendel was born in Cadolzburg, and became a chorister at the court chapel of Ansbach. He went on to play the violin in the court orchestra, but in 1709 left for Leipzig. On the way, he met Johann Sebastian Bach at Weimar, and once in Leipzig was introduced to Georg Philipp Telemann, who became his close friend. In 1711, after a performance at Darmstadt, he was offered a place in the court orchestra there, but declined. The following year he became a court performer at Dresden, where he remained for the rest of his life, though he accompanied his new master, the Crown Prince, on a tour of Europe, visiting Antonio Vivaldi (some of whose solo violin works he had already performed) in Venice. In about 1718, he began studying composition under Johann David Heinichen, and in 1728 he became concert master. His own pupils included Franz Benda and Johann Gottlieb Graun, and he was also a close friend of Jan Dismas Zelenka, some of whose works he helped publish posthumously.

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Pisendel's own compositions included sonatas and concerti for the violin.

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December 26: December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. There are 5 days remaining....

Cadolzburg: Cadolzburg is a municipality in the district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 11 km west of Fürth....

Ansbach: See Ansbach, Austria for the Austrian town of the same name....

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