Artist Info: Augustin Pfleger

Augustin Pfleger (c.1635–after 23 July 1686) was a German-Bohemian Baroque composer whose career moved through a chain of north-European courts. Born at Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov), he worked there as a court musician before serving the Duke of Mecklenburg at Güstrow (from 1662) and then the Schleswig-Holstein court at Gottorf, where he held the post of Kapellmeister from 1665. His music is best known today through the survival of his sacred vocal [read more...]