Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Ave Maria Klare

Posted on Dec 13th, 2018

This piece is also known as "Ricercar pro tempore adventus". The text of the choral venerates Maria as the mother of Christ. Fischer creates a great…

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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Christ ist erstanden

Posted on Apr 23rd, 2015

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656 – 1746) was a German Baroque composer. Not much is known about him. Most of his works did not survive. One of…

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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Da Jesu an dem Kreuze stund

Posted on Mar 25th, 2016

This chorale prelude is also known as "Ricercar pro Tempore Quadragesimae". Most of the music of Fischer is lost nowadays. Luckily a small collection…

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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Der Tag der ist so Freudenreich

Posted on Nov 2nd, 2016

This choral prelude is also known as "Ricercar pro Festis Natalytis". Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote that his father considered Fischer to be one of…

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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Komm heilger Geist mit deiner Gnad.

Posted on May 24th, 2015

This chorale prelude is also known as "Ricercar pro Festis Pentecostalibus". The manuscript I based this edition on (Mus.ms. 30196 owned by the…

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