Composers

Johann Wilhelm Hässler

Piano
Harpsichord
Clavichord
Flute
Voice
Violin
Cello
Sonata
Variation
Fantasia
Prelude
Dance
Minuet
Partita
Allegro
Secular cantatas
Cantatas
by popularity

#

2 Keyboard Sonatas, Op.213 Keyboard Sonatas, Op.233 Piano sonates expressives, Op.323 préludes et 3 ariettes variées, Op.113 Sonates expressives, Op.16360 Préludes, Op.476 Keyboard Partitas6 Keyboard Sonatas6 Leichte Sonaten, Theil 16 Leichte Sonaten, Theil 36 Leichte Sonaten, Theil 4

A

Allegro in C major

C

Cantata per festeggiare le nozzeCaprice et Sonate, Op.5Clavier- und Singstücke verschiedener Art

F

Fantaisie et Sonate, Op.17Fantaisie et Sonate, Op.3Fantaisie et Sonate, Op.4

G

Grand Gigue in D minor, Op.31

M

Menuett in C majorModerato in A minor

P

Piano Sonata in A minorPrélude et Chanson Allemande variée, Op.30Prelude et Sonate, Op.6

V

Variations on a Chanson Russe
Wikipedia
Johann Wilhelm Hässler (March 29, 1747 – March 22 (other sources, March 29), 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.
His publications include many keyboard works, including sonatas, fantasies, preludes, and his best known piano work, the Grand Gigue in D minor, Op. 31; as well as a Grand Concert, Op. 50, a cantata, chamber works and songs. One of the most unusual of Hässler's compositions is a cycle of 360 preludes in all keys Op. 47, published in 1817. This massive cycle that lasts for over 95 minutes was premiered in Erfurt by Dmitry Feofanov on September 23, 2012 and in Moscow on September 26, 2012. It was recorded in 2017.