Johann Balthasar Kehl (1725-1778)
- Concerto ex C dur | Cembalo Obligato | Violino primo | Violino Secondo
| con | Basso. (c.1775)
Performers: Walter Opp (pianoforte); Bayreuther Hof Musique ensemble
Further info: Johann Balthasar Kehl (1725-1778)
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German organist, cellist and composer. He began his education at the
Ratsschule in Coburg in 1733 and in 1742 moved to Bayreuth, where he
studied under Johann Pfeiffer. Appointed as cellist in the court musical
ensemble, he eventually decided on a career in church music, becoming
organist at the Neustädter Kirche in Erlangen in 1762, where his
students included Johann Paul Schulthesius and Johann Wilhelm Stadler.
In 1774 he returned to Bayreuth as stadtkantor, becoming blind a year or
so before his death. His music has been little studied, although Johann
Adam Hiller stated that 'he was one of the best and most accomplished
harpsichordists of his time' and considered his oratorios 'the epitome
of good, large-scale choral composition'. His surviving music includes
two oratorios, some ballets, a harpsichord concerto, seven keyboard
sonatas, a few miscellaneous keyboard works, and a collection of
chorales published in 1764.
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