Werner Gregor Joseph

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Werner Gregor Joseph

Werner Gregor Joseph Austrian organist and composer; b. Ybbs an der Donau, Jan. 28, 1693; d. Eisenstadt, Burgenland, March 3, 1766. In 1728 he was appointed Kapellmeister to Prince Esterházy at Eisen-stadt. In 1761 Haydn was named Vice-Kapellmeister, and succeeded him after his death. Werner wrote a number of works, including 26 masses, 18 oratorios, and many instrumental pieces. Haydn had great respect for him, and arranged his fugues for string quartet.

Bibliography

H. Dopf, Die Messenkompositionen G.J. W.s (diss., Univ. of Innsbruck, 1956); C. Warner, A Study of Selected Works of G.J. W.(diss., Catholic Univ. of America, v1965).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire