Jörg Ewald Dähler (16 March 1933 – 3 November 2018), is a Swiss conductor,

harpsichordist A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord. Harpsichordists may play as soloists, as accompanists, as chamber musicians, or as members of an orchestra, or some combination of these roles. Solo harpsichordists may play unaccompanied son ...

, forte piano player and composer.

Life

Born in Bern, Dähler, son of the reformed pastor Karl Walter Dähler (1903-1986), grew up in Langnau im Emmental. He then attended the teacher training college in Hofwil. At the

Hochschule für Musik A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

in Bern, he graduated as a teacher of piano and then studied

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

at the Musikhochschule in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

. He also teaches

Basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

and choral conducting at the Berne Conservatory of Music and at the

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance. Faculty at the school have organized performing ensembles that have ...

. Among his pupils are Olive Emil Wetter, Hans Eugen Frischknecht. From 1965 to 1998, he conducted concerts in Bern, at the

Bätterkinden Bätterkinden is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is about north of Bern. History Bätterkinden is first mentioned in 1261 as ''Beturchingen''. During the High Middle Ages the ...

Gasthof Krone and the

Hindelbank Hindelbank is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Mötschwil merged into Hindelbank. History Hindelbank is first mentioned in 1275 as ''H ...

castle and from 1974 onwards, the Bern Chamber Choir. He also practised drawing. He illustrated two collections of short stories by his father, written in the German dialect of Bern. : "''Momou das git’s''" (

Langnau im Emmental Langnau im Emmental is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is situated in the upper Emmental between Bern and Lucerne. It has about 9,000 inhabitants and is the most important mar ...

, 1983) and ''Ou das het’s ggä'' (idem, 1986).

Works

* ''Das Passionsgeschehen nach dem Evangelisten Lukas.'' Für 1–8-stimmig gemischten Chor, Sprecher, Posaunenquartett und Orgel. 1987. * En tant qu'éditeur: ** Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto en ''ré'' majeur op. 7 n° 1 **

François Devienne François Devienne (; 31 January 1759 – 5 September 1803) was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. Career Devienne was born in Joinville, as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker. After receiving h ...

, 6 Sonates, opus 24 pour basson et basse continue - Accolade-Musikverlag. ** Galuppi, Magnificat en ''sol'' ** Vivaldi, Concerto en ''la'' majeur ** Vivaldi, Concerto pour 2 trompettes, cordes et basse continue en ''do'' majeur

Recordings

* Bach,

Flute Sonata in E major, BWV 1035 The Sonata in E major for flute and basso continuo (BWV 1035) is a sonata for transverse flute and figured bass composed by J. S. Bach in the 1740s. It was written as the result of a visit in 1741 to the court of Frederick the Great in Potsdam, whe ...

- Peter Lukas Graf, flute (

Claves Records Claves Records is a Swiss classical record label, which was founded in 1968 by Marguerite Dütschler-Hüber (1931–2006) in Thun. History Marguerite Dütschler-Hüber founded Claves with business partner Ursula Pfaehler when her piano teacher ...

CD 50-401) * Bach, ''

Goldberg Variations The ''Goldberg Variations'', BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may also have ...

'' (1986, Claves) * Devienne, Six Sonatas for bassoon and basso continuo (Claves CD 50-9207) *

Galuppi Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was an Italian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C.&nb ...

, ''Musiche Veneziane'', Concerti e Sinfonie (1976, Claves CD 508306) * Keiser, ''Markus Passion'' - Gemischter Chor Zweisimmen (Claves) * Schubert, ''

Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...

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Ernst Haefliger Ernst Haefliger (6 July 191917 March 2007) was a Swiss tenor. Biography Haefliger was born in Davos, Switzerland, on 6 July 1919 and studied at the Wettinger Seminary and the Zürich Conservatory. Later he became a pupil of Fernando Carpi in G ...

, tenor (September 1980, Claves) * Schubert, ''

Schwanengesang ''Schwanengesang (Swan Song)'', 957, is a collection of 14 songs written by Franz Schubert at the end of his life and published posthumously: # Liebesbotschaft (text: Ludwig Rellstab) # Kriegers Ahnung (Rellstab) # Frühlingssehnsucht (Rellsta ...

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, tenor (1985, Claves) * Schubert, Sonatas in ''A'' major and ''A'' minor D 664 - on a Brodmann piano, 1820 (March 1978, Claves) * Schubert, Sonatas D 605a, D 960 (1980, Claves) * Schubert, Impromptus, op. 90 and 142 (July 1975, Claves) * Schubert, Trios with piano D 898 and D 28 (12-15 novembre 1990, Claves) *

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

, Concerto in B minor op. 3 N 10 for 4 violins, cello, strings and harpsichord (1970, Claves)Jörg Ewald Dähler
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