Christoph Förster · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
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- Born
- 1791
- Died
- 1868
- Works
- 19
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- Neuere und neueste preussische Geschichte
- Beiträge zur neuren Kriegsgeschichte
- Preussens Erhebung und der Befreiungskampf 1813
- Kunst und Leben
- [Goethe's leben und seine werke]
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Christoph Förster (30 November 1693 – 6 December 1745) was a German composer of the baroque period. Christoph Förster (spelled Johann Christoph Friedrich in his death register) was born in Bibra, Thuringia as the son of council treasurer Christian Förster who gave him his first musical instruction in singing and playing on various instruments. He began organ studies with local organist Johann Philipp Pitzler, with whom he traveled. In 1710 he met Johann David Heinichen in Weissenfels, who at th
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christoph
- Family name
- Förster
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Place of birth
- Bad Bibra
- Place of death
- Rudolstadt
- Occupation
- concertmaster
- Languages spoken
- German
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- violin
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- date of birth
- 1693-11-30
- date of death
- 1745-12-06
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- P8168
- Adrienne Kennedy
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