Wolfgang Ebner Explained

Wolfgang Ebner (16121665) was a German baroque composer. He was a Viennese court organist in the latter years of the reign of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and then of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.

Ebner was born in Augsburg. He may have preceded Johann Heinrich Schmelzer as ballet master at the court.^[1] He died in Vienna.

His 'Capriccio sopra l’aria Bergamasco' opens Handel's Attick, a clavichord recording played by Julian Perkins.

Notes and References

1. The Instrumental Music of Schmeltzer, Biber, Muffat and Their p91 Charles E. Brewer - 2011 Perhaps one of the earliest sets preserved was by Wolfgang Ebner (1612-1665), who was "Hoforganist" beginning in the reign of Ferdinand III, and like Schmeltzer was retained by Leopold I. Ebner probably preceded Schmeltzer as ballet ...