Johann Fischer

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Johann Fischer

Biography

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (6 September 1656, Schönfeld bei Karlsbad, Egerland - 27 March 1746, Rastatt, Germany) was a court musician and composer at Baden, Germany, from 1696-1716. He moved with the court to Rastatt in 1716. He adopted the compositional style of Jean-Baptiste Lully, composing a large number of works for instrumental chamber groups and keyboard instruments, including ballets, airs, harpsichord suites, organ pieces, sacred music, and a collection of preludes and fugues for organ in 20 keys. His Ariadne musica neo-organoedum, a collection of 20 organ preludes and fugues in 20 different keys, was a predecessor of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.


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