Baroque · German

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer

1656 to 1746

German Baroque

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Title page of a collection by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
Ariadne musica neo-organoedum, Augsbourg, Leopold, 1715 (page de titre)
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Kapellmeister to Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden, Fischer wrote in a style with a marked French influence. His Ariadne musica (1702), a cycle of twenty preludes and fugues in different keys followed by five chorale ricercars, is regarded as a precursor of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.

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4 works, all available to listen to.

Repertoire in dialogue

This classification reflects the place of these repertoires within the artistic and educational orientations of the project. It does not constitute a technical indication regarding the design of the instrument.

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