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Gottfried Kirchhoff
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Gottfried Kirchhoff (Composer) Born: September 15, 1685 - Mühlbeck, near Bitterfeld (about 30 km north-east of Halle), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Died: January 21, 1746 - Halle, Germany The German composer, Gottfried Kirchhoff, was, like Georg Frideric Handel, a pupil of Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712). He was Kapellmeister of the Duke of Holstein-Glücksburg in 1709; organist of the Benedictine Church in Quedlinburg in 1711; and succeeded F.W. Zachow as organist of the Liebfrauenkirche (Marktkirche) in Halle (a post that J.S. Bach had declined) from July 13, 1714, and remained there until his death. Gottfried Kirchhoff wrote mainly vocal music and organ pieces for church use. He was one of the foremost organ composers of the 18th century. He may have been the composer of two Fantasias & Fughettas for keyboard attributed to J.S. Bach (BWV 907-908) on evidence which is not altogether reliable. List of works in Q.-L. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Aria et rigaudon in C Minor: Aria - Arr. for Harp
182Aria et rigaudon in C Minor: Rigaudon - Arr. for Harp
183Fantasia and Fughetta in B-Flat Major: I. Fantasia (Arr. for Organ by Bart Jacobs)
174Fantasia and Fughetta in B-Flat Major: II. Fughetta (Arr. for Organ by Bart Jacobs)
165Ciaconna sopra "Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder"
106Piano Lessons, Book 2
67Courante
38Fantasia and Fughetta in D major - Fughetta
29Herzlich Lieb Hab Ich Dich, O Herr
210Aria und Rigaudon in C Minor: Rigaudon (Arr. M. Grandjany)
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