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Johann Philipp Käfer: Euch ist heute der Heiland geboren - Christmas Cantatas

11/15/2024, 26 Tracks, 43:17

Featuring

  • Jeroen Finke
  • Julie Comparini
  • Mika Ruben Stähle
  • Arthur Engel
  • Malwine Nicolaus
  • Lisa Bork
  • La Protezione della Musica
  • Johann Philipp Käfer
  • Johann Zacharias Franck

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Composer Biography

Johann Philipp Käfer's appointment as Hofkapellmeister in Durlach ended due to disputes over the sale of some of his works intended for court music.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

At the age of 19, Johann Philipp Käfer married Anna Maria Sternberger, who was 19 years his senior and the widow of the former cantor of Römhild.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Johann Philipp Käfer's cantatas on this album, preserved in Thuringian Adjuvanten Archives, are structured as concerto-aria-cantatas, lacking recitatives.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The performers added a timpani part to two of the cantatas on this album to underline their celebratory character, following a tradition where an additional trumpet part was added by Abraham Nagel.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

After his dismissal, Johann Philipp Käfer, a famous court organist according to Johann Mattheson, spent his later life as a music teacher in Pforzheim.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording utilized a baroque Arp Schnitger organ from 1694 as a continuo instrument, located in the Findorffkirche Grasberg.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Johann Philipp Käfer, the composer, received his first musical instruction from his father, Leonard Käfer, who was a schoolmaster and cantor.

Source: Booklet

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