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4 unusual facts about Johann Krieger


Johann Krieger

In 1677 Johann Philipp was employed as court organist at Halle, and Johann soon became chamber musician at Zeitz, a city some 30 miles away.

Johann and his older brother Johann Philipp came from a Nuremberg family of rugmakers.

He outlived his brother by some 10 years: Johann Phillip died in 1725, after spending 45 years of his life in Weißenfels, a city in central Germany, not far from the places the two brothers worked at when they were young.

He then attained the position of Kapellmeister at Greiz (a further 30 miles south from Zeitz).



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