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Johann Friedrich Meister
12+ albums
baroquegerman17th century
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Johann Friedrich Meister (fl. c. 1670–1690) was a German composer known for Il Giardino del Piacere (1685), one of the finest instrumental publications of the German High Baroque. Almost nothing is known about Johann Friedrich Meister’s personal life, origins, or training — he is one of the 17th-century “paper trail ghosts.” But what survives is musically significant. He was active in northern Germany, probably with connections to Hamburg, Lübeck, or the courtly music networks surrounding the Hanseatic cities. His name appears in Hamburg city records in the late 1670s–1680s, sometimes linked with the musical establishment and with organ/keyboard posts. He is not to be confused with the earlier Johann Meister or with Johann Jacob Meisters; his identity is tied entirely to one extraordinary publication, Il Giardino del Piacere. Published in Hamburg, 1685, this is Meister’s only securely attributed collection, consisting of 12 sonatas for violin, viola da gamba (or bass instrument) & basso continuo. Written in the Italian trio-sonata style, but with a particularly ornate, expressive, North-German harmonic language Shows mastery comparable to Biber, Schmelzer, early Pachelbel, and the Hamburg/Lübeck stylus phantasticus The publication reveals a composer of real sophistication, working at the intersection of Italian virtuosity and German contrapuntal sensitivity. 📚 Transmission & Editions Survives in printed form (1685 Hamburg) — rare but well catalogued in German libraries. Mo
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Sonata No. 4 in E minor: II. Fuga Allegro
2422La Musica Settima in F Major: II. Fuga. Allegro
1543Sonata No. 2 in D minor: II. Ciaconna. Allegro
1514Sonata No. 2 in D minor: I. Grave
1405Sonata No. 2 in D minor: VI. Gigue. Allegro
976Sonata No. 2 in D minor: III. Adagio
917Sonata No. 4 in E minor: IV. Sarabanda. Adagio
808Sonata No. 10 in C Minor: II. Passacaglia
609Sonata No. 11 in D major: VII. Gigue. Allegro
5410Sonata No. 6 in A Minor: IV. Fuga. Allegro
53albums
Meister: Sonatas nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 10 & 11 (Il giardino del piacere)
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Meister: Il giardino del piacere
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Meister: Sonatas nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 10 & 11
Il Giardino del Piacere
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Musica Poetica - Choral Cantatas And Instrumental Music Of The 17th Century In ... Germany
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Barocco
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J.F.Meister - Il Giardino del Piacere
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Il Giardino del Piacere [Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel]
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Il giardino del piacere: Sonata No. 4 in E minor
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Violin Sonata No. 05 (Goebel - 2004)
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Violin Sonata No. 11 (Goebel - 2004)
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Violin Sonata No. 06 (Goebel - 2004)