Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765)

Johann Melchior Molter (ca. 1695- 1765), born in the Thuringian principality of Eisenach, became in 1717 a musicien in the service of Margrave Karl Wilhem of Baden-Durlach, who sent him in 1719 to Venice and Rome, where he was especially influenced by the compositions of A. Vivaldi.After his return in 1722, he accepted the position of director of the court orchestra in Durlach and Karlsruhe....
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