Johann Fischer (composer)
Johann Fischer ( born September 25, 1646 in Augsburg, † 1716 or 1717 in Schwedt / Oder ) was a German composer and violinist of the Baroque.
Life
Johann Fischer was born as the son of the Augsburg Stadpfeifers Jonas Fischer, he had music lessons from his father and the Protestant cantor Tobias Kriegsdorfer ( 1608-1686 ). From 1661 to 1664 he was a student of Samuel Capricornus, Kapellmeister at the Württemberg court in Stuttgart, after his death seemed fishermen during five years in Paris as one of the copyist and copyists Lully and learned so familiar with his style. In 1673 he was back in the Stuttgart court orchestra, a year later settle down as a church musician in Augsburg. Developed around 60 pieces of church music in his time in Augsburg.
1683 Fischer had for three years employment as a violinist, teacher and composer in court orchestra of the Duke of Ansbach. From 1690 to 1697 he held a similar job at Duke Frederick Casimir of Courland in Jelgava (now Jelgava in Lithuania). After the dissolution of the chapel, he lived for a time in Riga. In the late 1690s, fishing was a keen travel activity, which took him across Europe. In 1700, he had a job in Lüneburg, in 1701 he played in Poland " before Maj. Ihro the King of Poland to dero high satisfaction ", 1702 he was concertmaster in the court orchestra of the Duke of Mecklenburg -Schwerin. 1704 was a disappointing trip to Copenhagen, where he had a job in the royal court orchestra hoped. From 1707 worked fishermen in Bayreuth, then he lived in Stralsund, Stockholm and Szczecin. In his last years he was Kapellmeister to Prince Philip William of Brandenburg- Schwedt. According to Johann Mattheson Johann Fischer died at the age of seventy years.
Effect
Johann Fischer was similar to Johann Sigismund Kusser to those musicians who used the French style of Lully and spread. Its traditional chamber music suggests. Fischer's melodies are original and originally, its harmonies and rhythms varied. In Fischer's works, the Scordatura is often required, even for the Viola, as in " The One - Drey and Drey -one or habile Violiste " (Viola Mood: cg- d'- g '). The extensive work of church music fisherman, consisting of numerous cantatas and motets, is little explored. Mattheson writes that Fischer's music was highly praised and frequently played.
Works (selection)
- "Musical Mayen Lust ", a 7 ( Augsburg, 1681)
- "Heavenly Soul Lust" for a violin and accompaniment ( Nürenberg, 1686)
- " Musicalisches Divertissement ", a 2 ( Dresden, 1699)
- " Neuverfertigtes musica metallic Divertissement ", a 4 ( Augsburg, 1700)
- TAFELMUSIK, a 3, 4 (Hamburg, 1702)
- " Musicalische princes like .... ", a 4 ( Augsburg, 1706)
- Field and Heroes Music ( Augsburg, 1706)
- The motet " Then I hope some good night " ( Augsburg, 1681) (Authorship unsecured)