Born: December 15, 1620 - probably Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
Died: February 15, 1701 - Arnstadt, Thuringia, Germany |
Adam Drese studied music at Warsaw under Marco Scacchi.
Drese was director at Weimar from 1655. Afterwards held similar appointments to the Duke of Brunswick, and at Arnstadt, where he died in 1701, shortly before J.S. Bach came there. The following occurs in the notice of Drese’s death in the Arnstadt church records: On February 15, 1701, at 10 o’clock in the evening, Herr Adam Drese fell asleep in God. . . . Age, 80 years, 2 months. |