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Johann Jakob Walther
12+ albums
baroqueClassicalgermanviolin17th century
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All the known facts of his life and activity are from Musikalischen Lexikon by Johann Gottfried Walther (Johann Sebastian Bach's cousin), a dictionary which first appeared in 1732. Between 1670 and 1674 he is said to have remained a violinist in the orchestra of Cosimo III of the Medicis in Florence. From 1674 he was concertmaster at the court of Dresden. After the death of his patron in 1680 he became the Italian secretary at the elector's court in Mainz and was ordained a canon. Alongside Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber und Johann Paul von Westhoff J.J.Walther is one of the most significant violinists of the 17th century. Besides a virtuoso technique including doublestops and arpeggios, his works display a wealth of formal devices, especially in the treatment of ostinato variations. 40 compositions are known, contained in two volumes: 1. Scherzi da Violino solo con il basso continuo, published in 1676. This cycle anticipates Niccolò Paganini's technique in that it contains pizzicato harp imitations while the bow imitates nightingale song. 2. Hortus chelicus published in 1688 (in the second printing of 1694 with the new title Wohlgepflanzter Violinischer Lustgarten). In the forward Walther expresses his confidence that this self published volume will enjoy the same success as its predecessor. It contains 28 pieces and is more varied than the other collection. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 2: Sonata in C Major: IV. Allegro I
1032Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 2: Sonata in C Major: V. [Adagio II]
673Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 1: Suite in A Major: III. Sarabanda
594Scherzi da Violino solo con il basso continuo: V. Aria in E Minor “Melancholia”
595Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 1: Suite in A Major: II. Corrente
416Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 2: Sonata in C Major: VI. [Adagio II]
407Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 2: Sonata in C Major: VII. Adagio III
328Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 1: Suite in A Major: III Sarabanda
319Hortulus Chelicus: No. 2: Violin Sonata in A major: I. Preludio
3010Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 3: Sonata in D Major: II. Adagio - Presto - Adagio
27albums
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Johann Jakob Walther: Scherzi da violino solo
Walther: Hortulus Chelicus
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Scherzi da Violino Solo, No. 1: Suite in A Major: III. Sarabanda
Hortulus Chelicus Mainz, 1688
Walther - Westhoff - Bach
Walther: Hortulus Chelicus & Scherzi
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Biber / Schmelzer / Walther: Scherzi Musicali
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Stadtpfeiffer: Music of Renaissance Germany
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Scaramuccia
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Lovers and Mourners: Variations and Sonatas from 17th-Century Germany
Hortulus Chelicus
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Phantasia Musica