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Composer
Henry Purcell
| 1659-1695Henry Purcell is considered the most important composer of the English High Baroque period. He gained his first musical experience as a singing boy in the Royal Chapel. In 1674 he became an organist at Westminster Abbey, three years later Composer of the Violins at Court, and in 1679 he finally became organist of Westminster Abbey himself. Purcell was promoted to organist of the Royal Chapel in 1683 and became the royal steward of instruments in 1683. This put an end to his political and social career and allowed him to concentrate on his musical work. From today's perspective, Henry Purcell appears to be the most important English stage composer of the era before George Frideric Handel. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Nahum Tate
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Arranger
Klaus Konrad Weigele
| 1965Prof. Dr. Klaus K. Weigele ist seit 2002 Direktor der Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg, ehrenamtlich engagiert er sich seit vielen Jahren im Präsidium des Landesmusikrats. Darüber hinaus ist er seit vielen Jahren als Chorleiter und Stimmbildner an der Landesakademie, bei Workshops, Werkwochen und Fortbildungen für Lehrkräfte tätig. Für seine Arbeit wurde er 2014 mit dem Gräfin-Sonja-Gedächtnispreis der Stiftung Singen mit Kindern ausgezeichnet. Mit seinem Kinderchor SingsalaSing hat er schon mehrere CDs aufgenommen. Er ist Autor und Herausgeber zahlreicher Lieder- und Chorbücher – u.a. der Schulchorbuch-Reihe chorissimo! im Carus-Verlag, ebenso von Artikeln und Schriften zum Thema Musik, Musikvermittlung und Musikpädagogik. Personal details
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Arranger
Bobbi Fischer
| 1965Bobbi Fischer studied school music, jazz and popular music as well as film music at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and the Filmhochschule Ludwigsburg and now works as a pianist and composer. He covers a broad spectrum of jazz, classical and popular music. In addition to compositions for film and theatre, he performs with various bands. For over 25 years, he toured with the music-comedy group Tango Five. Today he performs with his trio ‘Berta Epple’. He lives out his love of Argentine tango with the Raúl Jaurena Trio. In addition to the Carus publishing house, his clients include Musik der Jahrhunderte, the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend. He is a lecturer at various workshops.
We asked the composer 5 questions, read them here in our blog: https://blog.carus-verlag.com/en/personalities/5-questions-for-bobbi-fischer/
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