Johann Peter Kellner
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- 1705-09-28
- Died
- 1772-04-19
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Johann Peter Kellner (variants: Keller, Kelner) (28 September 1705 – 19 April 1772) was a German organist and composer. He was the father of Johann Christoph Kellner. He was born in Gräfenroda, Thuringia, and was intended by his parents to follow his father into a career as a lamp-black merchant. He was devoted to music from childhood, and first learnt singing from the cantor Johann Peter Nagel and keyboard from his son Johann Heinrich Nagel. He studied for a year from 1720 with the organist Jo
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- Born
- 28 September 1705
- Died
- 19 April 1772
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Kellner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Gräfenroda
- Place of death
- Gräfenroda
- Occupation
- cantor
- Languages spoken
- German
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1705 births1772 deaths18th-century German classical composers18th-century German keyboardists18th-century German male musiciansComposers with IMSLP linksGerman Baroque composersGerman classical organistsGerman Classical-period composersGerman male classical composersGerman male classical organistsPeople from Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg