Works
His works are strongly influenced by both French and Italian composers:
- Sonatas for various instruments (armonico tributo 1682);
- Orchestral suites (florilegium primum & secundum 1695);
- 12 Concerti grossi (auserlesene... instrumental Musik 1701) re-using some thematic material from armonico tributo
- 12 Toccatas for the organ as well as other pieces : passacaglia, chaconne, air with variations (Apparatus musico-organisticus 1690);
- some partitas for the harpsichord, kept as a manuscript
- several religious works (notably three masses, Salve Regina, etc.) from which only Missa in labore requies for twenty-four parts is preserved.
Muffat was, as Johann Jakob Froberger before him, and Handel after him, a cosmopolitan composer who played an important role in the exchanges between European musical traditions. His music books contain useful indications on musical practice during his life.
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