Johann Jakob Walther

Johann Jakob Walther (* 1650 in Witterda at Erfurt, † November 2, 1717 in Mainz ) was a German violinist and composer.

Life

All information on his life and work are taken from the musical lexicon of Johann Gottfried Walther, a cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach, the former published in 1732. Between 1670 and 1674 he shall be as a violinist at the chapel Cosmas III. have stopped by the Medici in Florence. From 1674 he was concertmaster at the Dresden court. 1680, after the death of his patron, he was Italian Secretary at the electoral court in Mainz and clergyman ( canon ). Johann Jakob Walther was next to beavers and Westhoff to important German violinists of the 17th century. His works show not only a virtuoso technique as the many double stops and arpeggios a great wealth of forms, especially in the ostinato variations.

Work

Known are 40 works in two volumes: