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Johann Christian Schickhardt
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Johann Christian Schickhardt (ca. 1682, Braunschweig - ca. 25 March 1762, Leiden) was a German composer and woodwind player. Schickhardt was born in Braunschweig (Brunswick) and received his musical education at the court of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel under the patronage of Augustus William, third son and heir of Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. In the first decade of the 18th century, he was employed in the Netherlands and associated with Friedrich of Hesse-Cassel, Henriëtte Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau (daughter of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and widow of Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz) and her son John William Friso, Prince of Orange. In the second decade of the 18th century, Schickhardt lived in Hamburg, where it is speculated by musicologist Andrew D. McCredie that he was a member of the Hamburg Opera in Gänsemarkt as a flutist or oboist. There is evidence suggesting that, in the 1720s, Schickhardt could have been an occasional oboist at the court orchestra of Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, employer of Johann Sebastian Bach. By the 1740s, records place Schickhardt at the University of Leiden as a student, and at his death in 1762, the university described him as "a master of musical arts and a member of the Academy," although there is no surviving record of his musical activity in Leiden otherwise. In the first half of the 18th century, numerous works of his, mostly chamber music featuring the treble recorder, appeared in print from p
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Concerto in G Minor: V. Allegro
1412Concerto in G Minor: I. Allegro
1303Concerti for 4 Treble Recorders and Basso continuo: Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 19: I. Allegro
974Concerti for 4 Treble Recorders and Basso continuo: Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 19: IV. Allegro
675Concerto in G Minor: II. Adagio
636Concerto in G Minor: VI. Finale allegro
637Concerto in G Minor: III. Un poco allegro
628Concerto in G Minor: IV. Vivace
599Concerto for Recorder, 2 Oboes and Bassoon in G Minor: I. Allegro
3810Concerto for Recorder, 2 Oboes and Bassoon in G Minor: V. Allegro
33albums
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Boismortier / Schickhardt / Telemann: Recorder Music
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Virtuoso Recorder: Concertos of the German Baroque
Schickhardt, J.C.: Concertos for 4 Treble Recorders and Basso Continuo
Baroque Concerti from The Netherlands
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Recorder Recital: Schneider, Michael - Handel, G.F. / Telemann, G.P. / Barsanti, F. / Scarlatti, A. / Sammartini, G. / Mancini, F. / Castrucci, P.
Schickhardt: 6 Sonatas, Op. 22
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Concerti di Flauti
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Maurice André - La Trompette du siècle
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Michael Schneider Edition
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Concerti di Flauti (Heinichen / Marcello)
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Baroque Concerti from The Netherlands
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Schickhardt: 12 Sonatas for Guitar