Johann Christian Fischer
Illustration — Portrait, by Thomas Gainsborough, Fischer's father-in-law, 1780, the year he married Mary Gainsborough (Royal Collection) Johann Christian Fischer (c. 1733 – 29 April 1800) was a German composer and oboist, one of the best-known oboe soloists in Europe during the 1770s. Employed as a music copyist and theatre director for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Ludwigslust, Fischer is now credited with the unique Symphony with Eight Obbligato Timpani, formerly attributed to Johann Wilhelm Hertel, court composer at Schwerin.
Johann Christian Fischer
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- Born
- 1733 · Freiburg im Breisgau.
- Died
- 1800 · London.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer · oboist
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Portrait, by Thomas Gainsborough, Fischer's father-in-law, 1780, the year he married Mary Gainsborough (Royal Collection) Johann Christian Fischer (c. 1733 – 29 April 1800) was a German composer and oboist, one of the best-known oboe soloists in Europe during the 1770s. Employed as a music copyist and theatre director for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Ludwigslust, Fischer is now credited with the unique Symphony with Eight Obbligato Timpani, formerly attributed to Johann Wilhelm Hertel, court composer at Schwerin.
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Born at Freiburg im Breisgau in 1733, died in London in 1800.
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- 1.Geoffrey Burgess (oboist) and Bruce Haynes, The Oboe, 2004:87
- 2."The two best-known hautboy soloists in Europe in the 1770s were probably Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800) and Carlo Besozzi (1738–1791)" (Burgess and Haynes 2004:87).
- 3.Naxos.com: Composers.
- 4.He met the nine-year-old Mozart at The Hague in 1765 and again in Vienna in 1787, when Mozart was less impressed (Letter, 4 April 1787).
- 5.Anthony Baines, Woodwind Instruments and Their History, 1967:281.
- 6.F. Anne M.R. Jarvis, "German musicians in London, c.1750 – c.1850" in Stefan Manz, Margrit Schulte Beerbühl, John R. Davis eds., Migration and Transfer from Germany to Britain, 1660–1914 2007:44 and note 38.
- 7.Hamilton, James. Gainsborough: A Portrait. W&N. 2017-07-13. 978-1474600521.
- 8.Bruce Haynes, The Eloquent Oboe: A History of the Hautboy 1640–1760, 2001:5.
- 9.National Portrait Gallery, London
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