Today marks the 318th anniversary of the death of the German #OrganBuilder, Eugenio #Casparini. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † Wieża 🇵🇱 #Polska St. Peter und Paul-Orgel 1703, Görlitz. 📸: ErwinMeier, 30th June 2018.

Today marks the 394th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian #OrganBuilder, Jacob Köck. :-) ☀️ 🧭 * #Sillian 🇦🇹 Österreich Pfarrkirche St. Michael-Orgel 1666, #Brixen, Südtirol. 📸: Böhringer Friedrich, 17th August 2018.

Today marks the 340th anniversary of the death of the German #organist & #baroque composer, Johann Rosenmüller. :-) † Wolfenbüttel 🇩🇪 #Deutschland Gedenktafel für Johann Rosenmüller (am Aufgang zur St.-Jakobikirche), Oelsnitz/Vogtland. 📸: Andreas Praefcke, 2nd November 2010.

Today marks the 260th anniversary of the death of the French #organist, #harpsichordist & #baroque composer, Jean-Philippe #Rameau. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † #Paris 🇨🇵 #France #baroque Portrait attribué à Joseph Aved (1702-1766), circa 1728. Musée des Beaux-Arts de #Dijon (Musées de Dijon).

J. S. #Bach composed the #ChurchCantata, Christus, der ist mein Leben, #BWV 95, in #Leipzig, for the 16th Sunday after #Trinity, and it was performed, for the first time, on this day, 12th #September 1723. :-) ☀️ ⛪ 📸: Source: © Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde St. Nikolai Leipzig.

Today marks the 134thanniversary of the death of the German #OrganBuilder, Friedrich #Kienscherf. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † Neustadt #Eberswalde 🇩🇪 #Deutschland Dorfkirche Gandenitz-Orgel 1887. 📸: Hans G. Oberlack, 23rd July 2017.

Today marks the 277th anniversary of the death of the Austrian #OrganBuilder, Johann Christoph #Egedacher. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † #Salzburg 🇦🇹 Österreich Salzburger Dom-Orgel 1705-1706 1718 #Salzburg. 📸: Taxiarchos228, 15th January 2011.

Today marks the 342nd anniversary of the birth of the German #organist & Musikdirektor (Frauenkirche, & Kreuzkirche, Dresden), Theodor Christlieb #Reinhold. ☀️ 🧭 * #Eppendorf 🇩🇪 #Deutschland Frauenkirche, #Dresden. 📸: © CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, 25th May 2013.

Today marks the 205th anniversary of the birth of the German #pianist, Clara Josephine #Schumann, née #Wieck. :-) ☀️ 🧭 * #Leipzig 🇩🇪 #Deutschland #ClassicalMusic Johann Heinrich Schramm (1810–1865), 1840.

Today marks the 441st anniversary of the birth of the Italian #organist, #harpsichordist & #renaissance & #baroque composer, Girolamo #Frescobaldi. :-) ☀️ 🧭 * #Ferrara 🇮🇹 #Italia #EarlyMusic #BaroqueMusic Claude Mellan (1598–1688), 1619. Gallica BnF, #France.

Today marks the 167th anniversary of the death of the German #OrganBuilder, Franz Joseph #Merklin. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † Freiburg im Breisgau 🇩🇪 #Deutschland St. Fridolin-Orgel 1829, #Lörrach. 📸: Taxiarchos228, 4th July 2010.

Today marks the 287th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian #classical composer, Johann Michael #Haydn. :-) ☀️ 🧭 * #Rohrau 🇦🇹 Österreich #ClassicalMusic Probably Franz Xaver Hornöck (1752–1822), circa 1805.

Today marks the 321st anniversary of the death of the French #organist (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres) & #baroque composer, Gilles #Jullien. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † #Chartres 🇨🇵 #France #BaroqueComposers Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres-Orgel. 📸: Julien Chatelain, 28th July 2018.

Today marks the 162nd anniversary of the death of the German #OrganBuilder, Hermann #Dreymann. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † #Langenschwalbach 🇩🇪 #Deutschland 1859GroßholbachHeilige Dreifaltigkeit. 📸: Karsten Ratzke, 15th April 2020.

Today marks the 339th anniversary of the birth of the German #organist (Kirche St. Benedikt, #Quedlinburg) & #baroque composer, Gottfried #Kirchhoff. :-) ☀️ 🧭 * Mühlbeck 🇩🇪 #Deutschland Orgel in St. Benedikti, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt. 📸: Hajotthu, 24th August 2020.

Today marks the 277th anniversary of the death of the German #organist & #baroque composer, Johann Gotthilf #Ziegler. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † Halle an der Saale 🇩🇪 #Deutschland Porträt Zieglers von Johann Sebastian #Bach (früher als Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin identifiziert). Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Today marks the 361st anniversary of the birth of the German #OrganBuilder, Johann Josua #Mosengel. :-) ☀️ 🧭 * #Eisenach 🇩🇪 #Deutschland Wallfahrtskirche-Orgel 1719-1721, #Heiligelinde. 📸: Schorle, 15th December 2011.

Today marks the 242nd anniversary of the death of the Italian #castrato #singer, #Farinelli, the stage name of Carlo M. Michelangelo Nicola Broschi. ☀️ 🧭 † #Bologna 🇮🇹 #Italia Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752), 1750. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Academia S. Fernando), #Madrid

Today marks the 328th anniversary of the death of the Belgian #organist & #baroque composer, Lambert #Pietkin. :-) ☀️ 🧭 † Liège 🧭 #Belgique #BaroqueComposers Jean-Guillaume Carlier (1638-1675). Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège.

Today marks the 467th anniversary of the birth of the French #renaissance composer, Jacques #Mauduit. :-) ☀️ 🧭 * #Paris 🇨🇵 #France Jacques Mauduit, from Harmonie universelle, contenant la théorie et la pratique de la musique 1636. Jean Matheus, 1633, after Eggrick Hisckena.