Joseph Friedrich Bernhard Caspar Majer (Schwäbisch Hall, 16 October 1689 - Schwäbisch Hall, 22 May 1768), was a German musician from the beginning of the 18th century, a "significant writer" on music in the late Baroque era. He was a singer at

Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of the ...

, an organist and cantor at St. Katharina, and author of two books, music methods: *1718, ''Hodegus musicus.'' Teaches singing. A later edition published Schwäbisch Hall by Georg M. Majer, 1741. *1732, ''Museum musicum theoreticalo-practicum.'' The author advertised on the title page that readers would learn how to thoroughly learn both vocal and instrumental music) (1732). A second edition came out in 1741. His second book was written to acquaint would-be musicians with information to help them learn to play instruments. The instruments included:

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, chalumeau, transverse

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

, 3-keyed

bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

, cornett,

flageolet The flageolet is a woodwind instrument and a member of the fipple flute family which includes recorders and tin whistles. Its invention was erroneously ascribed to the 16th-century Sieur Juvigny in 1581. There are two basic forms of the instrume ...

, and 2-keyed clarinet,

clarion trumpet Clarion is a common name for a trumpet in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It also is used as a name for a 4' organ reed stop. There is wide confusion over whether clarion invariably refers to a type of trumpet or simply the upper register of t ...

, tenor and bass trombone, alto and quint trombone,

horn Horn most often refers to: *Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound ** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments *Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...

lute A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" can ref ...

, "harp" or

psaltery A psaltery ( el, ψαλτήρι) (or sawtry, an archaic form) is a fretboard-less box zither (a simple chordophone) and is considered the archetype of the zither and dulcimer; the harp, virginal, harpsichord and clavichord were also inspired by ...

, guitar, timpani, violin, viola, cello, viola de gamba and viola d'amore. The book also includes the basics for reading music, a "survey of vocal music and intervals," and a dictionary of musical terms. What made him to be considered a significant writer was the annotations that he made in his personal copy of ''Museum musicum theoreticalo-practicum''. That city reside in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart. Tenor Bass Recorder fingerchart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 30.jpg, Tenor Bass Recorder Chalumeau fingering chart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 31.jpg, Chalumeau Transverse flute fingerchart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 33.jpg, Transverse flute Bassoon fingerchart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 35.jpg, Bassoon Flageolet fingerchart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 38.jpg, Flageolet Two-key clarinet Bass Recorder fingerchart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 39.jpg, Two-key clarinet Applicatio auf das Clarinett (1).jpg, Two-key clarinet (1) Clarion fingerchart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 40.jpg, Clarion Cornett fingering chart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 37.jpg, Fingering chart, cornett Lute fingerchart, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 66.jpg, Tuning the lute, fretboard Lute, chart of string-note relations, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 67.jpg, Lute, strings, their notes placed Psaltery notes, Museum Musicum Theoretico-Practicum page 72.jpg, Psaltery

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* {{Authority control German writers about music Musicians from Baden-Württemberg German textbook writers