Johann Christian Fischer

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Johann Carl Christian Fischer (1733 — 1800) was a German composer. Employed as a music copyist and theatre director for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Ludwigslust, Fischer is now credited with the unique Symphony with Eight Obbligato Timpani, formerly attributed to Johann Wilhelm Hertel, court composer at Schwerin.^[1] He spent some time in London, one of the most musical cities of Europe. An etching/aquatint A Sunday concert by Charles Loraine Smith, published 4 June 1782,^[2] shows a distinguished musical group gathered round a harpsichord, with Charles Burney among them. Mozart composed a set of Twelve Variations in C on a Menuett of Johann Christian Fischer (K.179 [189a]).

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