Kaspar Förster
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Person
- Born
- 1616-02-28
- Died
- 1673-02-02
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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.
Key dates
- Born
- 28 February 1616
- Died
- 2 February 1673
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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
- opera singer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- classical music