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Kaspar Förster
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1616
- Active to
- 1673
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Kaspar Förster (also Caspar Foerster) (baptized February 28, 1616, Danzig - died February 2 1673, Oliva, near Danzig) was a German singer and composer. Förster studied music under his father Kaspar (1574-1652) and then under Marco Scacchi in Warsaw. He sang bass and conducted choirs at the Polish court in Warsaw from 1638 to about 1643, then served as kapellmeister to Frederik III of Denmark in Copenhagen between 1652-55. In 1655, a war broke out between Denmark and Sweden <a href="https://www.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kaspar
- Family name
- Förster
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Place of birth
- Gdańsk
- Place of death
- Gdańsk
- Occupation
- chapelmaster
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Work location
- Warsaw
- Voice type
- bass
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- date of birth
- 1616-02-28
- date of death
- 1673-02-02
- place of burial
- Oliwa Cathedral
- has works in the collection
- Düben collection
- described by source
- Polish Biographical Dictionary
- P8168
- FC Gagra
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