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.
Works for Winds
- Fugue (arr. Tatgenhorst) (1980)
- Le Journal du Printemps: Suite No. 3 (arr. Wilson) (1951)
- March Baroque (1967)
- Prelude and Fugue (Fischer) (arr. Cacavas) (1981)
- Two Marches
- Three Dance Pieces (arr. H. Weiss) (1962)
- Three Preludes and Fugues (arr. Kenneth Singleton) (1995)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Le Journal du Printemps." Accessed 11 July 2014.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). ‘’Program Notes for Band.’’ Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 207.