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Fux, Johann Joseph
© Copyright Johann Joseph Fux. Painting by N. Buck, 1717 (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien). Fux, Johann Joseph, b. Hirtenfeld (Styria), around 1660, d. Vienna, Feb. 13, 1741, composer and music theorist (also called the "Austrian Palestrina" for his theoretical work "Gradus ad Parnassum", 1725). 1696-1702 organist in the Schottenstift monastery in Vienna; 1705-1713 orchestra director in St Stephen's Cathedral; from 1713 orchestra director for the Emperor's widow, Amalie Wilhelmine; from 1711 deputy Kapellmeister; 1715 Kapellmeister at the court of Vienna. While during his lifetime mostly known as a composer of the court's splendid gala operas, his reputation as a music theorist grew only after his death. - In 1955 a Fux Society, which also edits the complete edition of F's works, was founded in Graz. Works: 20 operas (among others "Costanza e Fortezza", 1723), 14 oratorios, approx. 80 masses and further compositions for sacred music, numerous instrumental works. - Edition: Sämtliche Werke, ed. by the J.-J.-F.-Ges., 1959ff. Literature: L. v. Köchel, J. J. F., 1872 (list of works); R. Flotzinger, J. J. F., 1991; A. Edler (ed.), J. J. F. und seine Zeit, 1996. References to other albums:
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