Tuesday, April 15, 2025

April 15 - Johann Friedrich Fasch (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 15th may be found here: Bessie Smith (2019), Neville Marriner (2020), Johann Friedrich Fasch (2021), Domenico Gabrielli (2022), Neville Marriner (2023), and Neville Marriner (2024)

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Johann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. [NB: In spite of the several pictures mistaken listed in a Google search, there is no know image of Fasch.]

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singet!


"It appears that most of his vocal works (including 9 complete cantata cycles, at least 14 masses and four operas) are lost, while the instrumental works are mostly extant."  New Grove Music Online, as qtd. in Wikipedia


Johann Friedrich Fasch awoke

Devotion in his Lutheran folk,

   With Sunday service piety.

But Time and Fate saw fit to quash

The sacred works of J. F. Fasch

In all their weekly variety.

 

 

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