Johann Friedrich Fasch

Composer and Kapellmeister Fasch was one of the most important contemporaries of J.S. Bach. His compositions included the genres of vocal church cantatas, psalms, serenades, secular operas and instrumental music in the forms of overtures, concertos, symphonies and sonatas. The work of Fasch is extremely important as his music epitomizes the transition between Baroque and Classical periods. Having been a young friend of Telemann and Fasch's son -- who was the harpsichordist in the court of Frederick The Great -- being connected with C.P.E. Bach, the influences are clear. Extend...