Today marks the 397th anniversary of the birth of the German #organist , #harpsichordist & #baroque composer, Johann Caspar von Kerll. :-) 🌼 🧭 * #Adorf 🇩🇪 #Deutschland

Engraving by Carl Gustav von Amling (1650–1703), circa 1680.

Today marks the 426th anniversary of the birth of the German #baroque composer, Johann Crüger. :-) 🌼 🧭 * Groß Breesen 🇩🇪 #Deutschland

Engraving by Albrecht Christian Kalle (1630–1670), 1641. Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM), Nürnberg.

|1| Tal día como hoy ( #otd ) hace nada menos que trescientos años, se estrenaba en la Nikolaikirche de Leipzig una de las más magnas obras jamás compuestas por un ser humano: la «Passio secundum Johannem» o «Johannes-Passion», BWV 245 de Herr J.S. #Bach .

Today marks the 491st anniversary of the birth of the German #renaissance composer, Claudio #Merulo . :-) 🌼 🧭 * #Correggio 🇮🇹 #Italia #RenaissanceComposers #EarlyMusic

🖼️: Annibale Carracci (1560–1609). Collection: Museo di Capodimonte (MuseoBoscoCapodimont), #Napoli .

Today marks the 332nd anniversary of the birth of the Italian #violinist & #baroque composer, Giuseppe #Tartini . :-) 🌼 🧭 * #Piran 🇸🇮 Republika Slovenija #BaroqueComposers #BaroqueMusic

🖼️: Anonymous painting, 18th c. Collection: Castello Sforzesco, #Milano 🇮🇹

Today marks the 237th anniversary of the death of the German #OrganBuilder , Johann Friedrich #Syer . :-) 🌼 🧭 † Bad Homburg vor der Höhe 🇩🇪 #Deutschland

Evangelische Stadtkirche-Orgel 1758, Ober-Rosbach

📸: Maby oro, 24th May 2005.

Today marks the 130th anniversary of the death of the German #OrganBuilder , Eduard #Gesell . :-) 🌼 🧭 † #Potsdam 🇩🇪 #Deutschland

Dorfkirche Töplitz-Orgel 1880.

📸: Subbass1, 1st January 2024.

Today marks the 258th anniversary of the birth of the German #OrganBuilder , Joseph Stanislaus #Schweinacher . :-) 🌼 🧭 * #Landshut #Deutschland 🇩🇪

St. Petrus-Orgel 1800, #Worth .

📸: Mtag, 20th September 2015.

Today marks the 298th anniversary of the birth of the English #organist & #harpsichordist & composer, Charles #Burney . :-) 🌼 🧭 * #Shrewsbury 🇯🇪 #England

🖼️: Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), 1781. Collection: National Portrait Gallery. (National Portrait Gallery).

Today marks the 364th anniversary of the birth of the German #organist , #harpsichordist & #baroque composer, Johann #Kuhnau . :-) 🌼 🧭 * #Geising 🇩🇪 #Deutschland #BaroqueComposers #BaroqueMusic

Unknown autor. Source: Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig.

Today marks the 352nd anniversary of the birth of the French #baroque composer, André Cardinal #Destouches . :-) 🌼 🧭 * #Paris #France #BaroqueComposers #BaroqueMusic

Today marks the 318th anniversary of the death of the German-Austrian #OrganBuilder , Joseph Christoph #Egedacher . :-) 🌼 🧭 † #Salzburg 🇦🇹 Österreich

St. Emmeram-Orgel 1669, Regensburg

📸:Dr. Bernd Gross, 5th September 2014.

Today marks the 241st anniversary of the death of the German #OrganBuilder , Gottlieb #Scholtze . :-) 🌼 🧭 † #Ruppin 🇩🇪 #Deutschland

St. Laurentius-Orgel 1767, #Rheinsberg .

📸: Gemeinholzer, 20th September 2016.

Today marks the 224th anniversary of the birth of the German #OrganBuilder , Philipp Furtwängler. :-) 🌼 🧭 * Gütenbach 🇩🇪 #Deutschland

St. Petri-Orgel 1859, #Buxtehude .

📸: Hans-Jörg Gemeinholzer, 21st May 2004.

Today marks the 292nd anniversary of the death of the German #organist (Lübecker Marienkirche) & #baroque composer, Johann Christian #Schieferdecker . :-) 🌼 🧭 † Lübeck 🇩🇪 #Deutschland #BaroqueComposers

Mittelschiff der Marienkirche nach Westen.

📸: Phasus, 30th December 2021.

Today marks the 351st anniversary of the birth of the Italian #contralto #castrato , Nicolò Francesco Leonardo #Grimaldi .

He's remembered today for his association with G. F. #Handel , in two of whose early #operas he sang. :-) 🌼 🧭 * #Napoli 🇮🇹 #Italia

Marco Ricci (1676–1730).

Soon I will write about ☯︎︎𝕊𝕖𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕒́𝕟 ℂ𝕣𝕦𝕫☯︎︎'s first album 'Zarabanda', under Winter & Winter, inspired by his love of the #baroque and the great composers and their works, such as J. S. #Bach , Marin #Marais , G. F. #Handel & J. B. #Lully . ;-) Thank you for your ♥️ of beauty! ;-) 🌼

For lovers of #BaroqueOrgans . Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. ;-) 😍