Johann Kaspar Kerll

About this composer

“Johann Caspar Kerll (9 April 1627 – 13 February 1693) was a German Baroque composer and organist. He is also known as Kerl, Gherl, Giovanni Gasparo Cherll and Gaspard Kerle. Born in Adorf, in the Electorate of Saxony, as the son of an organist, Kerll showed outstanding musical abilities at an early age and was taught by Giovanni Valentini, court Kapellmeister of Vienna. Kerll became one of the most acclaimed composers of his time, known both as a gifted composer and an outstanding teacher. He worked in Vienna, Munich and Brussels, and also travelled widely.”

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