Johann Philipp Förtsch (14 May 1652 - 14 December 1732) was a German baroque composer, statesman and doctor.

Life

Förtsch was born in Wertheim and possibly received his musical education from Johann Philipp Krieger. Moving to Hamburg in 1674 to write librettos, he then became in the 1680s one of the main composers in the heyday of the

Oper am Gänsemarkt The Oper am Gänsemarkt was a theatre in Hamburg, Germany, built in 1678 after plans of Girolamo Sartorio at the Gänsemarkt square. It was the first public opera house to be established in Germany: not a court opera, as in many other towns. Ev ...

. In later life he returned to medicine.

Works

Operas (all lost) * Das unmöglichste Ding (Lukas von Bostel, after

Lope de Vega Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio ( , ; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Age of Baroque literature. His reputation in the world of Spanish literatu ...

, 1684) * Der hochmüthige, gestürzte und wieder erhabene Crösus (Lukas von Bostel, after Nicolò Minato, 1684) * Der Grosse Alexander in Sidon ( Christian Heinrich Postel, after Aurelio Aureli, Hamburg 1688) * Die Heilige Eugenia, or the Conversion of Alexandria to Christianity (Christian Heinrich Postel, probably after Girolamo Bartolommei, Hamburg 1688) * Der im Christenthum biß in den Todt beständige Märtyrer Polyeuctes (Heinrich Elmenhorst, after Pierre Corneille, Hamburg 1688) * Der mächtige Monarch der Perser, Xerxes, in Abidus (Christian Heinrich Postel after Nicolò Minato, UA Hamburg 1689) * Cain und Abel, oder der verzweifelnde Bruder-Mörder (Christian Heinrich Postel, after Michael Johansen, 1689) * Die betrübte und erfreuete Cimbria (Christian Heinrich Postel, UA Hamburg 1689) * Die Groß-Müthige Thalestris, oder Letzte Königin der Amazonen (Christian Heinrich Postel, after

Gaultier de Coste Gaultier () may refer to: People *Grégory Gaultier (born 1982), French squash player * Bon Gaultier, British writer *Denis Gaultier (1597 or 1602/3–1672), French lutenist and composer * Ennemond Gaultier (c.1575–1651), French lutenist and comp ...

, Hamburg 1690) * Ancile romanum, das ist des Römischen Reichs Glücks-Schild (Christian Heinrich Postel, Hamburg 1690) * Bajazeth und Tamerlan (Christian Heinrich Postel, after Giulio Cesare Corradi, UA Hamburg 1690) * Der irrende Ritter Don Quixotte de la Mancia (Hinrich Hinsch, after

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best know ...

, 1690) 82 "geistliche Konzerte" (surviving) including: * Du Heiden Trost 8:07on the Annunciation to Mary * Kommt, lasset uns gehen gen Bethlehem 6:42on the shepherds * Wer Jesum liebt 9:35* Herr, wie lange wilstu mein so gar vergessen? 6:13Psalm 13 * Die Wunder sind zu groß 6:18on

John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...

* Aus der Tiefen 8:04Psalm 130 * Ihr Sünder, tretet bald herzu 8:54on the

parable of the Pharisee and the Publican The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican (or the ''Pharisee and the Tax Collector'') is a parable of Jesus that appears in the Gospel of Luke. In Luke 18:9–14, a self-righteous Pharisee, obsessed by his own virtue, is contrasted with a tax ...

* Wohl dem, der nicht wandelt im Rat der Gottlosen 2:50Psalm 1 * Mensch, was du trust 2:20on the Rich man and Lazarus Instrumental works * 32 Canons on Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, 1680 * Canon perpetuus a 4 on the same chorale * Allemande a 4 * Canons * Counterpoint studies * Triple fugue Theoretical publications * Musicalischer Compositions Tractat * Von den dreyfachen Contrapunkten

Selected Discography

* Dialogs, Psalms & Sacred Concertos . La Capella Ducale; Musica Fiata dir. Roland Wilson (conductor) rec. live, 26 October 2007 CPO 777369-2 9:09re
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/ref> * Sacred works, "Ich freue mich im Herrn" Monika Mauch, Barbara Bübl, Alex Potter, Hans Jörg Mammel, Markus Flaig, L'arpa festante,

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