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Part Iii Choral Ich Will Dich Mit Fleiss Bewahren Chorus by Johann Krieger

Artist Biography For Johann Krieger

Johann Krieger 28 December 1651 – 18 July 1735 Was A German Composer And Organist Younger Brother Of Johann Philipp Krieger.
Born In Nuremberg He Worked At Bayreuth Zeitz And Greiz Before Settling In Zittau.
He Was One Of The Most Important Keyboard Composers Of His Day Highly Esteemed By Among Others George Frideric Handel.
A Prolific Composer Of Church And Secular Music He Published Several Dozen Of His Works And Others Survive In Manuscript. However Hundreds More Were Lost When Zittau Was Destroyed By Fire In 1757 During The Seven Years' War. Krieger's Keyboard Music Places Him Among The Most Important German Composers Of His Time.
The Two Published Collections Sechs Musicalische Partien 1697 And Anmuthige Clavier-Übung 1698 Contain Harpsichord Suites Organ Toccatas Fugues Ricercars And Other Works.
Krieger's Contemporaries Praised His Contrapuntal Skill Evident In The Extant Fugues And Ricercars.
Johann Mattheson Was Particularly Impressed With Krieger's Double Fugues Remarking That He Knew Nobody Who Surpassed Krieger In This Form Except Handel.
Handel Himself Admired And Studied Krieger's Work Even Taking A Copy Of Anmuthige Clavier-Übung With Him To England. Life Works List Of Works Http //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Johann_Krieger

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