Composer and organist. Perhaps studied with
his father, an organist, then at Vienna with Valentini, and in
Rome with
Carissimi
and possibly
Frescobaldi
. Served his patron, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, in Brussels until
1656, when he moved to Munich as Vice-
Kapellmeister
, becoming
Kapellmeister
later that year. Resigned in 1673, returning to Vienna; served as
organist at St. Stephen's, 1674-77, with
Pachelbel
as his assistant, and as imperial organist from 1677 to his
death. He was widely admired as a composer, organist, and
teacher; his output consists of Masses and other sacred pieces,
dramatic works (including eleven lost Munich operas), and
keyboard and chamber music.