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Life He was born in Megeve , Savoy , (now in France ), and of Scottish descent. He studied in Paris with Jean Baptiste Lully between 1663 and 1669 , then became an organist in Molsheim and Sélestat . Later, he studied law in Ingolstadt , afterwards settling in Vienna . He could not get an official appointment, so he travelled to Prague in 1677, then to Salzburg , where he worked for The Archbishop for some ten years. About 1680 , he travelled to Italy , there studying the organ with Bernardo Pasquini , a follower of the tradition of Girolamo Frescobaldi ; he also met Arcangelo Corelli , whose works he admired very much. From 1690 to his death, he was '' Kapellmeister '' to the bishop of Passau , a Bavaria n town, where he died. Works His works are strongly influenced by both French and Italian composers:
Muffat was, as Johann Jakob Froberger before him, and Handel after him, a cosmopolitan composer who played an important role in the exchanges between European musical traditions. His music books contain useful indications on musical practice during his life. He was the father of Gottlieb Muffat . |