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THE COMPOSERJOHANN JOSEPH FUX (1660–1741)Austria’s leading Baroque ComposerJ. J. Fux was born the son of a farmer inSt. Marein near Graz. At the end of the 1670she was sent by the village priest to Graz inorder to study to become a priest himself. InFebruary 1681 he entered the Graz Ferdinandeum,transferring to the Jesuit University atIngolstadt in 1683, the year that the Turksbesieged Vienna. He seems to have left Ingolstadtat the end of 1688 for as yet unidentifiedreasons; while there is no evidence of a stayin Italy, there do exist two independent referencesto a “Hungarian bishop”, both ofwhich appear to be completely reliablesources.In 1696 he assumed the position of organistin the Vienna Schottenkloster (“Monastery ofthe Scots”), and in the autumn of 1698 he wasappointed court composer. In 1711 he becamevice-musical director to the court, andfinally, in 1715, musical director.Alongside church music, his chief task atthe Vienna court was the composition ofprestigious operas and oratorios.J. J. Fux wrote over 500 works in total, andserved under three emperors. This is a clearindication of his status and demand as theleading musician of his time.☛INHALT/CONTENTS☛