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Johann Joachim Quantz was born in Oberscheden, near Göttingen, on 30 January 1697, the son of a blacksmith. He began his training in 1708 at the Stadtpfeiffe (municipal musicians) in Merseburg. In 1716 he left for Dresden, obtaining a post in the town orchestra. In 1718 Quantz, as oboist, joined the newly formed Polnische Capelle which was to follow the Elector Friedrich August I to Warsaw. Also known as Kleine Cammer Musique, the ensemble resided alternately in Dresden and Poland. Violinist Johann Georg Pisendel (1660-1733), who had noticed the industrious musician, accepted Quantz into his student group. In later years, they became close friends. When Quantz wished to switch to the flute, Pisendel arranged for him to study with the famous flutist Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1687-1755). In 1724 Quantz obtained the Dresden Court's permission to travel, for study purposes, to Italy - where he studied composition with Francesco Gasparini (1688-1727) - and France. He returned to Dresden, via Holland, in 1727, after a short stay in England. First printed editions of his Solo and Trio Sonatas and Concertos, appearing in Paris, London and Amsterdam, testify to his growing artistic reputation. In 1728 Quantz was appointed as flutist to the Dresden Court orchestra. While on a state visit that year, the Prussian crown prince Friedrich met him, and was so impressed that he decided to take up the flute himself. Having received permission from the Saxony court, Quantz began teaching him in Berlin, continuing after 1732 in Ruppin and Rheinsberg. After ascending the throne in 1740, Friedrich II (Frederick the Great) called him to his court in Potsdam. Quantz accepted the post and served the king until his death on 12 June 1773. In Berlin in 1752, Quantz published his Method Versuch einer Anweisung, die Flöte traversiere zu spielen. The book is still one of the main sources of information on performance practice during the first half of the 18th century. His first Solo and Trio Sonatas for traverse flute, written in Dresden, are presumed to date from 'after 1720'. Studying under Pisendel, who preferred the 'mixed taste', Quantz used exemplary works by J. D. Heinichen (1683-1729), J. F. Fasch (1688-1758) and especially G. Ph. Telemann (1681-1767). Still tied to the late baroque, four-movement da chiesa type, the form of the early Quantz Trio Sonatas for flute, violin or two flutes and Basso continuo was soon replaced by the 'more modern' three-movement Concerto type. In Potsdam, the Trio Sonatas were then only played within the flute master's student circle, and preferably in the authorized version for flute with obligato harpsichord. Horst Augsbach.
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