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Praeludium No. 3 in C
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Composer: Krebs, Johann Ludwig Organ: Schwalbennest Organ Bedheim/Thuringia Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 1021
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EdoL (10/17/20)
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Kittel, Johann Christian
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OrganArt Media
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2012 Metzler, Poblet Abbey, Spain
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Software: | Hauptwerk V |
Genre: | Baroque / Stile Galante |
Description: | Johann Christian Kittel (1732 – 1809) was a German organist, composer, and teacher. He was one of the last students of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Kittel was born and died in Erfurt. He first studied with Jakob Adlung.
He moved to Leipzig in 1748 and was a favourite - and last - pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach until his death two years later. He was appointed organist and teacher in Langensalza in 1751, following which he returned to Erfurt as organist of the Barfüßerkirche, in 1756, moving to the Predigerkirche in 1762.
He refused many generous and more munificent offers, including one in 1790 from Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar to travel to Italy, remaining in Erfurt for the rest of his life. He played many evening recitals there and was famous as a virtuoso organist; Goethe, Herder, and Wieland all went to hear him play, and he made a concert tour to Hamburg in 1800, remaining there for a year while preparing a book of chorales for Schleswig-Holstein.
He considered himself to be "grounded in the principles of Bach" and aimed "to awaken, maintain and heighten feelings of devotion in the hearts of his hearers by means of music". His teaching and composition fulfilled this aim by a restriction to simple forms which were best suited to liturgical use.
Though Kittel not composed in the high-time of baroque music, his compositions are of a very baroquish nature, though he was influenced by the contemporary galant style. |
Performance: | Live |
Recorded in: | Stereo |
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