Previous posts for November 13h are here: Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow; George Whitefield Chadwick (2019) and Whoopi Goldberg (2020)
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Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (bapt. 14, prob. born 13 November 1663 – 7 August 1712) was an important German organist and composer.
ZaCHOWWW!!!
In 1695 he was criticized by the pietists because of his excessive long and elaborate music, that could be only appreciated by cantors and organists. -- Wikipedia
According to one anecdote,
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow wrote
Music which the local parish
Found theatrical and garish.
Elaborate and overlong,
It made the pious Sunday throng
Restless and a little nervous
By lengthening the morning service.
The average burgher in their pew
Declared they didn’t have a clue,
And listened weekly with regrets
To Zachow’s preludes and motets.
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