Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel (1690 - 1749) Allemagne Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (13 January 1690 in Grünstädtel – 27 November 1749 in Gotha) was a prolific German composer.
Title page for a birthday serenata composed by Stölzel in October, 1727
Additionally, Stölzel set cantatas to secular texts. A recent CD recording included several cantatas for Pentecost Sunday.
His Abhandlung vom Recitativ ('The Art of Recitative'), written about 1739, remained unpublished until 1962 (Werner Steger, Gottfried Heinrich Stoelzels 'Abhandlung vom Recitativ'). He was succeeded as cantor at Gotha by Georg Benda. (Hide extended text)...(Read all) Source : Wikipedia