Christian Wolff (
Naundorf, 1705 –
Dahlen, 1773) was a German baroque composer. He studied in Dresden and Leipzig and then was first ''kapellmeister'' then rector and organist in Dahlen.
[Uta Wald, essay in booklet to CD ''Baroque Bass Cantatas from Central Germany'' cpo 2007]
Works, editions and recordings
23 cantatas survive in
Mügeln
Mügeln is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 9 km southwest of Oschatz and 14 km northwest of Döbeln. The town has a population of approximately 4700 people.
Geography
Mügeln lies almost equidista ...
,
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
, and
Rossach.
*Cantata ''Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin'' (on
Luther's hymn)
Klaus Mertens
Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949, in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice.
Career
Klaus Mertens took singing lessons ...
, Accademia Daniel, dir Shalev Ad-El, 2007.
*Cantata ''Ihr Sorgen lasset mich zufrieden'' Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, dir Shalev Ad-El.
*Cantata ''Meinens bleibens ist nicht hier'' Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, dir Shalev Ad-El.
References
German organists
German male organists
German Baroque composers
1705 births
1773 deaths
18th-century classical composers
18th-century keyboardists
German male classical composers
18th-century German composers
18th-century German male musicians
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