Johann Paul von Westhoff
Born: 1656, Dresden, Germany
Died: Weimar, Germany
Nationality: German
Johann Paul von Westhoff was a German Baroque composer and violinist. One of the most important exponents of the Dresden violin school, he was among the highest ranked violinists of his day, and composed some of the earliest known music for solo violin. He worked as musician and composer as a member of Dresden's Hofkapelle (1674–1697) and at the Weimar court (1699–1705), and was also active as a teacher of contemporary languages.
Westhoff's surviving music comprises seven works for violin and basso continuo and seven for solo violin, all published during his lifetime. More works, particularly a 1682 collection of solo violin music, are currently considered lost.
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- 6 Sonates for violin and basso continuo (1)
- Imitazione del liuto (from Sonate a Violino solo, Sonata II) (1)
- Imitazione delle campane (from Sonate a Violino Solo, Sonata III (4)
- La guerra così nominato di sua maesta (from Sonata in A major "La Guerra") (1)
- Partia I in A minor (1)
- Partia II in A major (1)
- Partia III in B flat major (1)
- Partia IV in C major (1)
- Partia V in D minor (1)
- Partia VI in D major (1)
- Sonata in A major 'La guerra' (5)
- Suite for Solo Violin No. 1 in A minor (4)
- Suite for Solo Violin No. 2 in A major (4)
- Suite for Solo Violin No. 3 in B flat major (1)
- Suite for Solo Violin No. 4 in C major (3)
- Suite for Solo Violin No. 5 in D minor (6)
- Suite for Solo Violin No. 6 in D major (2)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor (3)
- Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor (2)
- Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor "Imitazione delle Campane" (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 4 in D minor (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 5 in G minor (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 6 in G minor (1)
- Violin Suite in A major (2)
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