Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667 – 20 July 1752) was a German-born composer who spent most of his working life in England.
At age 14, he was appointed to the Prussian court. About 1700, he settled in England where he was one of the founders, in 1710, of The Academy of Vocal Music, which in 1726 was renamed The Academy of Ancient Music. In Doane's Directory, we read about the founding of the Academy, and on page 76 we learned that:
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Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667 – 20 July 1752) was a German-born composer who spent most of his working life in England.
At age 14, he was appointed to the Prussian court. About 1700, he settled in England where he was one of the founders, in 1710, of The Academy of Vocal Music, which in 1726 was renamed The Academy of Ancient Music. In Doane's Directory, we read about the founding of the Academy, and on page 76 we learned that:
In the year 1710 (memorable for Handel’s first appearance among us) a number of the most eminent composers and performers in London [agreed] to concert a plan of an Academy for the study and practice of Vocal and Instrumental Music, which was no sooner announced than it met the countenance and support of the principal persons of rank. Among the foremost in this undertaking were Mr. John Christopher Pepusch, Mr. John Earnest Galleard, an excellent composer and performer on the Oboe, Mr. Bernard Gates of the Queen’s Chapel, Henry Niedler, etc.
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