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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Born: April 15, 1688
Died: December 5, 1758; Zerbst
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Although he was just three years younger than J.S. Bach, Johann Friedrich Fasch was a leader in making the transition from late Baroque to early Classical in Germany.
Fasch's family was traditionally associated with the Lutheran church, either as theologians or as Kantors. He was a boy soprano in the towns of Suhl and Weissenfels. The composer J.P. Kuhnau heard him sing and convinced him to attend the Thomasschule in Leipzig from the age
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Andante in D Major, FWV D15 (1)
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Bassoon Concerto in C major (1)
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Concerto à 8 in D major, FWV L: D1 (2)
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Concerto for 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in B flat major, FWV B3 (1)
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Concerto for 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in D major, FWV L no D 22 (1)
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Concerto for 2 Flutes, Strings and Basso Continuo in D major (1)
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Concerto for 2 Horns in D major "Der Jagd" (6)
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Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings, and Basso Continuo in D major, FWV D15 (1)
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Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes and Basso Continuo: Allegro (1)
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Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes and Basso Continuo: Andante (1)
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Concerto for 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings & continuo in D major (1)
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Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons, Strings and Basso Continuo in D major: 3rd movement, Allegro (1)
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Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in D major: 1st movement, Andante (1)
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Concerto for 2 Oboes, 2 Violins, 2 Bassoons and Basso Continuo in G major (1)
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Concerto for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in C minor (2)
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Concerto for 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo in B flat major (1)
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Concerto for 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo in E flat major [fragment] (1)
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Concerto for 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo in G major (1)
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Concerto for 2 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in D major (5)
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Concerto for 2 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in D major: 3rd movem (1)
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Concerto for 2 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo: 1st movement, Allegr (1)
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Concerto for 3 Trumpets, Timpani, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Violin and Basso Continuo in D major (1)
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Concerto for 9 trumpets, 3 pairs of timpani, 9 oboes, 3 bassoons & double bassoon in D major (1)
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Concerto for Bass instrument in D minor (1)
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Concerto for Bassoon in C major (2)
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Concerto for Bassoon in C minor (1)
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Concerto for Bassoon, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo in C minor (1)
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Concerto for Chalumeau in B flat major, FWV L: b1 (1)
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Concerto for Chalumeau, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso continuo in B flat major, FWV L: B1 (2)
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Concerto for Clarinet in B flat major (1)
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Concerto for Clarinet in E major (1)
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Concerto for Flute and Oboe in D major, FWV L: D11 (1)
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Concerto for Flute and Oboe in G major (3)
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Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo in B minor (2)
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Concerto for Guitar in D minor (2)
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Concerto for Oboe in D minor (1)
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Concerto for Oboe in G minor (1)
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Concerto for Oboe in G minor, FWV L: g1 (1)
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Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo in A minor (1)
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Concerto for transverse flute, oboe, strings and continuo in G major (1)
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Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes and Strings in D major (15)
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Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes and Strings in D major: 2nd movement, Largo (2)
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Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes and Strings in D major: 3rd movement, Allegro (2)
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Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes and Strings in D major: 4th mvt, Tempo di menuetto (1)
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Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo in D major (2)
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Concerto for Violin and Oboe in D minor, FWV L: d4 (2)
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Concerto for Violin in A major (1)
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Concerto for Violin in A major, FWV L: A2 (1)
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Concerto for Violin in A major, FWV L: A3 (1)
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Concerto for Violin in D major, FWV L: D4a (1)
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Concerto for violin, 2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D major ("The Hunt") (1)
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Concerto for Violin, 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso continuo in F major, FWV L no F 2 (1)
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Concerto in C minor, FWV L: c2 (1)
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Concerto in D major (1)
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Concerto in D major "del Sign, Fasch" (1)
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Concerto in D major, FWV L: D14 (1)
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Concerto in D major, FWV L: D5 (1)
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Concerto in D minor (3)
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Concerto in F major for recorder, strings & basso continuo (1)
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Concerto in G major, FWV L: G13 (1)
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Du sollst Gott, deinen Herrn, lieben (1)
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Guitar Concerto in D minor (1)
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Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt, FWV D no J 1 (1)
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Laetatus sum, FWV I no L 1 (1)
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Missa à 16 voci (1)
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Missa brevis in D major (2)
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Ouverture for organ in G major (1)
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Ouverture in D major, FWV D8 (1)
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Overture (Suite) for orchestra in E minor (1)
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Overture for Clarinet in D major (1)
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Overture in A minor, FWV K: a1 (1)
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Overture in B flat major (3)
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Overture in B major (1)
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Overture in C major (1)
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Overture in D Major, FWV K: d3 (1)
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Overture in D minor (2)
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Overture in D minor, FWV K: d4 (1)
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Overture in E minor (1)
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Overture in G major (4)
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Overture in G minor, FWV K: g2 (3)
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Overture in G, FWV K: G15 (1)
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Overture-Suite for 2 Flutes, Strings and Basso continuo in A major, FWV K no A 2 (1)
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Overture-Suite for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in F major, FWV K no F 2 (1)
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Overture-Suite for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in F major, FWV K no F 3 (1)
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Overture-Suite for Chalemeau, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, FWV K no d 3: (1)
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Passio Jesu Christi, FWVF1 (1)
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Quartet in B flat major (1)
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Quartet in D minor (1)
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Quartet in F major (1)
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Sanftes Brausen, süsses Sausen, FWV D no S 2 (1)
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Sei nicht mehr der Sünde Knecht (1)
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Sinfonia for orchestra in A major (1)
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Sinfonia for orchestra in G major (1)
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Sinfonia for Strings and Basso continuo in A major, FWV M no A 2 (1)
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Sinfonia for Strings and Basso continuo in G major, FWV M no G 4 (1)
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Sinfonia in A minor, FWV M: a1 (1)
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Sinfonia in B flat major, FWV M: b2 (1)
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Sinfonia in G minor, FWV M: g1 (1)
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Sinfonia in G minor, FWV M:g1 (1)
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Sonata for 2 Oboes and 2 Bassoons in F major (2)
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Sonata for 2 Oboes and Basso Continuo in D minor (1)
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Sonata for 2 Oboes and Bassoon in F major (2)
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Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo in B flat major (1)
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Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo in F major (1)
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Sonata for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo in G minor (1)
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Sonata for 2 Violins, Recorder and Basso Continuo in B flat major (1)
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Sonata for Bassoon and Basso Continuo (1)
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Sonata for Bassoon and Basso Continuo in C major (1)
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Sonata for Bassoon and Basso Continuo in D major (1)
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Sonata for Flute, 2 Recorders and Basso Continuo in G major (3)
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Suite for Orchestra in A minor (1)
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Suite for Orchestra in B flat major (1)
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Suite for Orchestra in D major (1)
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Suite for Orchestra no 1 in D major (1)
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Suite for Orchestra no 2 in D major (2)
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Symphony for Strings and Basso Continuo in A major (2)
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Symphony for Strings and Basso Continuo in G major (3)
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Trio Sonata for 2 Oboes and Basso Continuo in G minor, FWV g 2 (1)
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Trio Sonata in G minor for 2 Violin and Basso Continuo (1)
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Wir müssen alle offenbar werden (1)
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Biography |
by Joseph Stevenson
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Although he was just three years younger than J.S. Bach, Johann Friedrich Fasch was a leader in making the transition from late Baroque to early Classical in Germany.
Fasch's family was traditionally associated with the Lutheran church, either as theologians or as Kantors. He was a boy soprano in the towns of Suhl and Weissenfels. The composer J.P. Kuhnau heard him sing and convinced him to attend the Thomasschule in Leipzig from the age of 13. He became friends with another student, the 20-year-old Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767). While Fasch was attending the university (like Telemann, he was a law student) he founded a collegium musicum, as Telemann had, taking care that it would remain a permanent organization after he left. It survived until 1756, and counted J.S. Bach as one of its leaders during its lifetime. It took a position in Leipzig's musical life nearly as important as that of the Thomasschule itself.
As director of the collegium musicum he had occasion to study a wide variety of music. The local ruler of his hometown, the Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, hired him to write a pair of operas (which are lost) for festivals held in 1711 and 1712. Fasch now began to travel widely for purposes of rounding out his education. He arrived in Darmstadt in 1713 and studied composition with Graupner and Grünewald. He took a series of jobs: violinist in the court orchestra of Bayreuth (1714), municipal secretary of Gera (1715 - 1719), organist and municipal secretary in Greiz (1719 - 1721), and Kapellmeister to Count Morzin in the Bohemian town of Lukavec. He organized an orchestra there that Vivaldi had occasion to hear and proclaim excellent. He took up the post of Kapellmeister at the court of Zerbst, 40 miles north of Leipzig, in 1721, and remained there for the rest of his life.
His work, besides organizing musical activities in the church and the court, was primarily writing cantatas for the church and festive music for the count. His fame and his music spread throughout Germany. This was partly because of the network of correspondence he enjoyed with other composers, such as Telemann, J.G. Pisendel, his own son Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, and C.P.E. Bach. Fasch wrote 12 complete cantata cycles, 16 or more masses, four operas, over 90 overtures, and large quantities of symphonies, concertos, and sonatas. None of Fasch's music was published during his lifetime, and a large percentage of the sacred music is lost, but most of the instrumental music survives.
In 1900 music historian Hugo Reimann recognized that Fasch had transformed the three-movement form of the Italian Baroque concerto by boldly inserting contrasting musical material, often assigning the new theme to winds, laying the stage for the Classical form of dual thematic material. In addition, he used the wind section of the orchestra, not as soloists in a separate "concertante" group, but as components of the orchestra that might help mark a formal contrast by a shift in tone color or texture of the music. He also had a tendency to replace fugal episodes with freer developmental sections. In all this he markedly anticipated the Classical forms that before his death would begin to flourish in the music of Mozart and others. |
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