Leopold I

The Holy Roman Emperor from 1658 until his loss of life in 1705. As an associate of the home of Habsburg, Leopold was acquainted with the developing German vocabulary comedy. Within this content of his music there is a representation of his personal issues including a stringent pursuing of his spiritual values and apology towards Catholicism. The very best genre where he made up was liturgical. He synthesized stylings from concertos with multi-voiced strategies and effective musical strains. “Missa angeli custodis,” was Leopold’s most considerable work for the reason that he convincingly evoked the pathos of his second wife’s loss of life. The composition eliminated him from your ranks from the simple upper-class amateur. Patron from the arts and composer, Leopold preferred dramatic functions and he added significant amounts of capital and performers (through the imperial family members) towards the moderate. More than 400 dramatic musical functions were performed in the courtroom during Leopold’s reign, including a few of his very own compositions.