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Johann Wilhelm Hässler

German composer, organist, pianist

Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747 – 1822), was a German composer, organist and pianist.

Hässler was born in Erfurt. He first studied under his uncle Johann Christian Kittel, who was an organist at Erfurt. His first post was as organist of the local Barfüßerkirche in around 1762. His father died in 1769 and from then on he also managed the family fur business, though he still managed concert tours of Germany in the early 1770s, then in other places in Europe in the 1780s and 1790s. On 15 April 1789 he entered an organ competition with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Dresden during Mozart's Berlin journey. On these tours he also came into contact with Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Johann Adam Hiller, Franz Benda, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. He spent 1790 to 1792 in London and then moved to Saint Petersburg before settling in Moscow in 1794, where he worked as a prominent music teacher and composer. He remained there until his death.

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Works

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  • 360 Präludien in allen Dur‐ und Moll‐Tonarten, op. 47
  • 50 Stücke für Anfänger, op. 38
  • 50 Stücke für Anfänger, op. 38: Nr. 5. Moderato C-Dur
  • Ariette mit einigen Veränderungen "Der Demoisel Scherniß in Erfurth zugeeignet"
  • Fantasia in A
  • Fantasia in C
  • Fantasia in C minor
  • Fantasia in D
  • Fantasia in E minor
  • Fantasie und Sonate C‐Dur, op. 4
  • Fantasie und Sonate C‐Dur, op. 4: I. Fantasie
  • Fantasie und Sonate C‐Dur, op. 4: II. Sonata
  • Fantasie und Sonate C‐Dur, op. 4: III. Recita
  • Fantasie und Sonate C‐Dur, op. 4: IV. Andante
  • Fantasie und Sonate C‐Dur, op. 4: V. Allegro
  • Grande gigue, op. 31
  • Große Sonate Es‐Dur, op. 26
  • Rondeau in C
  • Sonata in A
  • Sonata in A minor
  • Sonata in A minor: I. Poco allegro
  • Sonata in A minor: II. Largo
  • Sonata in A minor: III. Presto
  • Sonata in A: I. [Moderato]
  • Sonata in A: II. Adagio
  • Sonata in A: III. Scherzo – Allegro
  • Sonata in D
  • Sonata in D minor
  • Sonata in D minor: I. [Allegro]
  • Sonata in D minor: II. Arioso
  • Sonata in D minor: III. Presto
  • Sonata in D: I. Allegro di Molto
  • Sonata in D: II. Andante
  • Sonata in D: III. Con Brio