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Johann Friedrich Fasch was born on April 15, 1688, in Buttelstedt near Weimar. He joined the Court Chapel of the Duke of Weissenfels as a choir boy. Here, his teacher was Johann Philipp Krieger, a musician of wide culture well versed in the Venetian, Bolognese, Neapolitan, Florentine and Roman schools, acquainted with the musicians of old Bohemia and a pupil of Pasquini. His influence on young Fasch was of considerable importance. |