Pepusch, Johann Christoph
(1667–1752)
JOHANN CHRISTOPH PEPUSCHPEPUSCH, JOHANN CHRISTOPHJOHANN CHRISTOPH PEPUSCH [* 1667-† 1752] Though he had begun a career in Berlin, Johann Christoph Pepusch sought an improved political climate in England and spent some fifty years there. Though it appears he never quite mastered the language (his students and friends aided him in this regard), he contributed several interesting and popular treatises and was in great demand as a teacher. His success as a composer for the stage, with the Beggar's…