Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch

German composer

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1736

Place of Birth: Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1800

Profession: composer, music theorist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch

  • Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (18 November 1736 – 3 August 1800) was a German composer and harpsichordist. Born in Zerbst, he was the son of the composer Johann Friedrich Fasch.
  • He was initially taught by his father.
  • In 1756 he began service at the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia, where he served as deputy to Court harpsichordist C.P.E.
  • Bach, whose post he attained when Bach left the court for Hamburg in 1767.
  • In 1791 he founded the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin which quickly became an important centre of Berlin's musical life.
  • In its concerts Fasch promoted the music of J.S.
  • Bach and other masters of the Baroque period, as well as contemporary music.
  • The Akademie was visited by Beethoven in 1796.
  • Fasch also composed numerous works for the Sing-Akademie.
  • His Mass for sixteen voices, a virtuosic mass accompanied solely by organ continuo, is a choral masterpiece of the late 18th century.Fasch died in Berlin in 1800.
  • His grave is preserved in the Protestant Friedhof I der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde (Cemetery No.
  • I of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church and New Church) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor.
  • He was succeeded as head of the Akademie by Carl Friedrich Zelter.

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