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Johann Georg Weichenberger was born in Graz in December 1676, the son of a Graz merchant, Johann Caspar Weichenberger. He was an Austrian amateur composer and lutenist of the baroque period. After his family moved to Vienna, he worked as an accountant at the Imperial Court. He was an exact contemporary of the Austrian lutenist Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner, born the same year, and preceded Silvius Leopold Weiss. He died on 2 January 1740, according to the obituary in the Wienrische Diarium.
His works are held in libraries in Prague, Bratislava, Brno, and Kremsmünster. They were often classified as part of the German lute repertoire and sometimes misattributed to Weiss, though it is more appropriate to describe them as Austrian lute music. In 1727 Ernst Gottlieb Baron praised him, though he did not count him among Weiss’s followers. Recordings include Miguel Yisrael’s Austria 1676 (Brilliant Classics, 2012) and Toyohiko Satoh’s Weichenberger, a Galant master.
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Repertoire
Lute Suite in G Minor, Cz-Bm 371: I. Prelude— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Minor, Cz-Bm 371: II. Allemande— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Minor, Cz-Bm 371: III. Courante— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Minor, Cz-Bm 371: IV. Minuet— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Minor, Cz-Bm 371: V. Sarabande— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Minor, Cz-Bm 371: VI. Bourèe— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Minor, Cz-Bm 371: VII. Rigodon— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Minor, Cz-Bm 371: VIII. Gigue— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Major, Cz-Bm 372, A-GÖ 1: I. Praeludium— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Major, Cz-Bm 372, A-GÖ 1: II. Allemande— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Major, Cz-Bm 372, A-GÖ 1: III. Courante— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Major, Cz-Bm 372, A-GÖ 1: IV. Bourée— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Major, Cz-Bm 372, A-GÖ 1: V. Sarabande— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Major, Cz-Bm 372, A-GÖ 1: VI. Minuet en Rondo— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in G Major, Cz-Bm 372, A-GÖ 1: VII. Gigue— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 371: I. Symphonia e Parthia— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 371: II. Allemande— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 371: III. Courante— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 371: IV. Bourée— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 371: V. Aria— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 371: VI. Minuet – Trio— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 371: VII. Gigue— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 372 (Arr. J. Held for Lute) : I. Prelude. Adagio— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 372 (Arr. J. Held for Lute) : II. Courante— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 372 (Arr. J. Held for Lute) : III. Rondo— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 372 (Arr. J. Held for Lute) : IV. Sarabande— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 372 (Arr. J. Held for Lute) : V. Minuet – Trio— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Lute Suite in B-Flat Major, Cz-Bm 372 (Arr. J. Held for Lute) : VI. Gigue— Joachim Held
Performed by Joachim Held
Suite in G Major: Prelude— Toyohiko Satoh
Performed by Toyohiko Satoh
Suite in G Major: Allemande— Toyohiko Satoh
Performed by Toyohiko Satoh
Suite in G Major: Courante— Toyohiko Satoh
Performed by Toyohiko Satoh
Suite in G Major: Bouree— Toyohiko Satoh
Performed by Toyohiko Satoh
Suite in G Major: Menuett— Toyohiko Satoh
Performed by Toyohiko Satoh
Suite in G Major: Sarabande— Toyohiko Satoh
Performed by Toyohiko Satoh
Suite in G Major: Gigue— Toyohiko Satoh
Performed by Toyohiko Satoh
Suite in G Major: Paysanne— Toyohiko Satoh
Performed by Toyohiko Satoh