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Was a German composer. Germany to a French wig-maker. His first composition instruction began at age

Was a German composer. Germany to a French wig-maker. His first composition instruction began at age 15. Galliard studied composition under Farinelli, the director of music at the Court of Hanover, and Abbate Steffani. In addition to his composition ability, he was also a capable oboe and recorder player. Galliard made a step forward in his musical career when he performed one of his original compositions. This Sonata for oboe and two bassoons debuted at one Farinelli’s concerts. Galliard earned an esteemed seat in the chamber music of George, Prince of Denmark. Later, he moved to England where he would become the next chapel-master of Somerset House.

Was a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and a Malayalam/Sanskrit poet, grammarian, lexicogra

Was a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and a Malayalam/Sanskrit poet, grammarian, lexicographer, and philologist.After doing philosophical studies in his home town, Osnabruck, Hanxleden volunteered for service in India. Together with the Jesuits Wilhelm Weber and Wilhelm Meyr, and a doctor, Franz Kaspar Schillinger (who left us an account of the perilous voyage), he set forth (30 October 1699) on a long arduous overland journey to India, traveling through Italy, Turkey, Syria, Armenia, and Persia, and set foot in India at Surat (in contemporary Gujarat) on 13 December 1700. During the journey Hanxleden was formally accepted as a member of the Society of Jesus. Weber and Meyr had died at sea, before reaching Surat. Left alone Hanxleden proceeded to Goa where there was a large community of Jesuits.

Was a German violinist, keyboardist and a composer of the baroque era. He wrote various collections

Was a German violinist, keyboardist and a composer of the baroque era. He wrote various collections of songs, the most important being a collection of fifty French songs (Musikalische Mayenlust aus 50 französischen Aires mit zwey Violinen und dem Generalbaß; 1681, Augsburg), his first work, and another collection of madrigals and German songs. He also wrote instrumental works. Fischer's works are listed by Ernst Ludwig Gerber in his Lexikon der Tonkünstler (v. II, p. 133).

Was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music. He sometimes wrote under th

Was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Flavio Anicio Olibrio. He was soon generally recognized as one of the most skillful organists of his time. The success of his comic opera, Il Filosofo convinto in amore, performed at Potsdam in 1750, led to an appointment as court composer to Frederick the Great. In 1759, on the death of Carl Heinrich Graun, he was appointed conductor of the royal orchestra. He married the noted operatic soprano Benedetta Emilia Molteni, a marriage of which the king apparently disapproved. Agricola died in Berlin at 54.

Was a German composer and organist. He received his musical training in Leipzig from Werner Fabriciu

Was a German composer and organist. He received his musical training in Leipzig from Werner Fabricius and in Dresden from Vincenzo Albrici. Then he worked as an organist in Merseburg cathedral until his departure in 1698 caused by the paralysis of his right hand because of a stroke. His pupil Georg Friedrich Kauffmann succeeded him as a princely Saxon townsman and cathedral organist at the court of the Saxon duke and Merseburg cathedral.

Was a German composer and pupil of J.S. Bach. Doles was born in Steinbach-Hallenberg. He attended th

Was a German composer and pupil of J.S. Bach. Doles was born in Steinbach-Hallenberg. He attended the University of Leipzig. He was Kantor at the Leipzig Thomasschule, conducting the Thomanerchor from 1756 to 1789; in that year (1789) he directed the performance of Bach's motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied that reportedly made such a deep impression on Mozart. Doles wrote a manuscript treatise on singing which may preserve some elements of Bach's own methods.

Was a German violinist and composer. His works include cantatas, concertos, symphonies, and chamber

Was a German violinist and composer. His works include cantatas, concertos, symphonies, and chamber music. None of his pieces were printed in his lifetime, and a large number of his vocal works, including four operas, have been lost. However, he was held in high regard by his contemporaries (Johann Sebastian Bach made manuscript copies of a number of his pieces), and he is today considered an important link between the Baroque and Classical periods.

Was a German conductor, composer, and administrator. He was one of the earliest to write music for t

Was a German conductor, composer, and administrator. He was one of the earliest to write music for two orchestras.[1] From 1750 to 1789 he worked at Steinfurt, occasionally touring throughout Europe and Russia. For the Steinfurt castle concert hall, he wrote lots of symphonies, some of which include horns with crook changes.[2] The vast majority of Klöffler's chamber music is for flute.[3]

Was a German composer, writer and music critic. Reichardt was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, to

Was a German composer, writer and music critic. Reichardt was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, to lutenist and Stadtmusiker Johann Reichardt (1720–1780). Johann Friedrich began his musical training, in violin, keyboard, and lute, as a child. He was a student of Timofey Belogradsky, who in turn was a student of Sylvius Leopold Weiss. When Reichardt was ten years old, his father took the choir in which he sang, the "Wunderknaben", on a concert tour in East Prussia.

Was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician. In 1671 his first book of

Was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician. In 1671 his first book of arias was published, Neues Zehn Geistlicher Arien; all copies of this work are now lost, though a fragment survives. He, like his father, also became a city councilman in Mühlhausen. In 1680 he was named poet laureate by Emperor Leopold I.

Was an Austrian musician who was born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna.He originally studied music at

Was an Austrian musician who was born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna.He originally studied music at Melk Abbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna and became one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his age. After being employed as organist at Raab in 1755 and Maria Taferl in 1757, he was appointed Thurnermeister back at Melk Abbey. In 1772 he was appointed organist to the court of Vienna, and in 1792 Kapellmeister of St. Stephen's Cathedral.

Was a German composer.

Was a German composer.

Was a composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. He is best known today as the father and teacher

Was a composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.

Was a German Baroque musician, violinist and composer who, for many years, led the Court Orchestra i

Was a German Baroque musician, violinist and composer who, for many years, led the Court Orchestra in Dresden, then the finest instrumental ensemble in Europe. On the way to Leipzig, he met Johann Sebastian Bach at Weimar and, once in Leipzig, was introduced to Georg Philipp Telemann. Pisendel was an enthusiastic member of the student Collegium musicum founded by Telemann and they became close friends. In 1711, after a performance at Darmstadt, Pisendel was offered a place in the court orchestra there, but declined.

Was a flautist, flute maker and composer.

Was a flautist, flute maker and composer.

Was a German poet.Changing his religious opinions, he abandoned theology and delivered lectures on t

Was a German poet.Changing his religious opinions, he abandoned theology and delivered lectures on the history of art, in which he had become interested on a journey to Italy in 1837. In 1846 he was appointed extraordinary professor of the history of art

Was a German composer and noted keyboard virtuoso. Along with C.P.E. Bach, he represented the Sturm

Was a German composer and noted keyboard virtuoso. Along with C.P.E. Bach, he represented the Sturm und Drang style of composition. As far as is known, he was the first to use the term fortepiano in a published work, in the title of his Duetto für 2 Clavier, 2 Flügel, oder 2 Fortepiano (1771), which reflects the rising popularity of the fortepiano at that time.

Was a German conductor, Kapellmeister and composer of military music. In the 1850s, he was Bandmaste

Was a German conductor, Kapellmeister and composer of military music. In the 1850s, he was Bandmaster for the 8th Infantry Regiment in Berlin. His famous marches include Preußens Gloria (Prussia's Glory), Düppeler Schanzen-Marsch and the Königgrätzer Marsch (composed after the Battle of Königgratz, 1866, the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War). Piefke arranged Franz Liszt's symphonic poem - Tasso for military band and may also have similarly arranged some of Liszt's marches. He died in Frankfurt (Oder).

Was a German organist and composer. Vierling composed several collections of easy organ pieces, a fo

Was a German organist and composer. Vierling composed several collections of easy organ pieces, a four-voice organ chorale book (1790) and cembalo music such as two trios, one quartet and six sonatas. Two handwritten annual volumes of Kirchenkantaten are preserved. He also published a handbook on the art of basso continuo, "Allgemein faßlicher Unterricht im Generalbaß".

Was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era. Walther was

Was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era. Walther was most well-known as the compiler of the Musicalisches Lexicon (Leipzig, 1732), an enormous dictionary of music and musicians. Not only was it the first dictionary of musical terms written in the German language, it was the first to contain both terms and biographical information about composers and performers up to the early 18th century. In all, the Musicalisches Lexicon defines more than 3,000 musical terms; Walther evidently drew on more than 250 separate sources in compiling it, including theoretical treatises of the early Baroque and Renaissance. The single most important source for the work was the writings of Johann Mattheson, who is referenced more than 200 times.

Was a German virtuoso harpsichordist, organist, and composer of the late Baroque and early Classical

Was a German virtuoso harpsichordist, organist, and composer of the late Baroque and early Classical period. He is most famous for lending his name, as the probable original performer, to the renowned Goldberg Variations of J.S. Bach.

Was a German composer and organist. His brother was the composer Johann Valentin Görner and his son

Was a German composer and organist. His brother was the composer Johann Valentin Görner and his son the organist Karl Friedrich Görner. He was a student at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig and University of Leipzig, then organist of the city's Paulinerkirche from 1716 (whose music director he became in 1723) then its Nikolaikirche from 1721. In 1723 he founded a Collegium Musicum, which sensitively competed with Johann Sebastian Bach's. He died in Leipzig.

Was a German composer. A child prodigy, he became a member of the Bückeburg Court choir at 11, lear

Was a German composer. A child prodigy, he became a member of the Bückeburg Court choir at 11, learned the organ from Conradus, succeeded him as organist, and was then, like Heinrich Schütz awarded a scholarship to study with Giovanni Gabrieli in Venice. While there Grabbe published his primo libro of madrigals as his graduation thesis.[1]

Was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist.He joined the court of the Prussian crown

Was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist.He joined the court of the Prussian crown prince (who later became Frederick the Great) in 1732 and was made Konzertmeister of the Berlin Opera in 1740.

Was a German Baroque composer. He graduated from the University of Frankfurt an der Oder. He held va

Was a German Baroque composer. He graduated from the University of Frankfurt an der Oder. He held various positions at the court of the Kingdom of Prussia, eventually becoming the personal musician of Frederick the Great. Janitsch died in the Prussian capital Berlin. Unfortunately, much of his music was lost during World War II. His manuscripts were stored at the Berlin Singakademie which was plundered during the war. Twenty-eight quadro sonatas have survived to modern times.