Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel
Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel (18 September 1697 (bapt.) – 7 May 1775) was a German organist and composer. He was born in Nuremberg, where he appears to have spent his whole life in various organists' posts, including: • St. Egidien, Nuremberg 1719–1743 • St.
Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel
- Born
- 1697 · Nuremberg.
- Died
- 1775 · Nuremberg.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- organist · composer
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Languages
- German
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Born at Nuremberg in 1697, died in Nuremberg in 1775.
The recorded working language is German.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Ahlgrimm, Isolde. Bach-Jahrbuch 1969. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. 55. 67–77. 1969. 10.13141/bjb.v1969.
- – reviews speculation that J. S. Bach did not compose the work.
- Oxford Composer Companions, J. S. Bach, 1999, p. 142
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