Johann Krieger's Anmuthige Clavier-Übung collection contains a Fuga à 4. Themati, a quadruple fugue whose four subjects were previously developed in individual fugues.
Critical Reception
Johann Mattheson, a contemporary music theorist, praised Johann Krieger as one of the best and most thorough contrapuntists of his century.
Composer Biography
Johann Krieger, the composer, spent 54 years of his life as an organist in Zittau, Saxony.
Composition History
Johann Krieger's two printed collections of keyboard music, Sechs musicalische Partien (1697) and Anmuthige Clavier-Übung (1699), are among the earliest prints of 17th-century German literature.
Cultural Impact
George Frideric Handel, a famous composer, admired Johann Krieger's 1699 print of keyboard music and frequently borrowed his subjects.
Performer Biography
Alejandro Casal, the performer, has played with many notable ensembles and conductors, including Gustav Leonhardt and The King's Consort.
Instruments
The harpsichord used for this recording is a modern instrument built by Andrea Restelli in 2017, modeled after a 1738 instrument by Christian Vater, an important organ builder.
