








1652-1735
Brother of Johann Philipp. An organist and composer, especially known for his double fugues, and classed by some as approaching Handel and Sebastian Bach in excellence. He was born at Nuremberg, and studied first with his brother, whom he succeeded as organist at Bayreuth. He next went to Weissenfels and then to Zittau, where he directed the town music and was organist of two churches, and where he died. He wrote three extensive musical works, Musikalische Ergetzlichkeiten, consisting of arias for the voice; Musikalische Parthien, a collection of dance-music for the clavichord; and Anmuthige Clavierübungen, a work on fugues and preludes, highly valued by Handel. He also left some excellent unpublished sacred music and organ pieces, the manuscripts of which are in the Berlin Library.