Short bio Johann Caspar Kerll
Birthday:
1627 in Adorf, Saxony
Died:
1693 in Munich, Germany
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Baroque
Full biography Johann Caspar Kerll
Johann Caspar Kerll was a German baroque composer who lived from 1627-1693. Born in Adorf, a small town in Saxony, Germany, Kerll showed an early aptitude for music and began his training in his hometown under the tutelage of his father. He later became a student of the famous composer Johann Jakob Froberger, who greatly influenced his musical style.
Kerll's career was marked by success and recognition. He held the position of court organist and chamber musician in Munich for over two decades and was also appointed as the Kapellmeister of the Imperial Court in Vienna. Throughout his lifetime, his reputation as a composer grew, and his music was performed in courts and churches throughout Europe.
Kerll's oeuvre encompassed a wide range of musical genres, including vocal music, chamber music, and keyboard music. However, he is best known for his keyboard pieces, particularly his innovative work in the form of the dance suites. His work, the Passacaglia in D minor, is considered one of the greatest achievements of the Baroque era.
In addition to his music, Kerll was also an accomplished teacher, and many notable composers of the next generation, such as Johann Pachelbel, Johann Fux, and Georg Muffat, were among his students.
Overall, Johann Caspar Kerll is an important figure in the history of Baroque music. His innovative style and contributions to musical composition have earned him a place among the most significant composers of his time.
Compositions featuring Johann Caspar Kerll
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missa "Non sine quare" for 4 voices & instruments | 23:59 min | Choral | 1689 |
| 2 | Plorate, ululate mortales (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 6:46 min | Choral | 1669 |
| 3 | Plaudentes Virgini, for SATB & continuo (from Delectus sacarum cantionum) | 3:52 min | Choral | 1669 |
| 4 | Alma redemptoris mater (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 3:44 min | Choral | 1669 |
| 5 | Missa Nigra, for 6 voices, strings & continuo | 31:18 min | Choral | 1669 |
| 6 | Ama cor meum, for contralto, tenor, 2 violins & continuo (from Delectus sacrarum cantionum) | 7:28 min | Choral | 1669 |
| 7 | Dignare me, for soprano, contralto, bass & continuo (from Delectus sacrarum cantionum) | 2:39 min | Choral | 1669 |
| 8 | Ave Regina Coelorum, for 5 voices (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 2:53 min | Choral | 1669 |
| 9 | Canzona for keyboard in G minor | 3:27 min | Keyboard | 1664 |
| 10 | Sonata à 3 for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo in G minor | 7:33 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 11 | Sonata à 3 (MS 17 Jh., Universitatsbibliothek Uppsala) | 7:14 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 12 | Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in F major | 6:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 13 | Sarabant, for keyboard | 3:39 min | Keyboard | - |
| 14 | Sonata à 4 | 4:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 15 | Suite for keyboard in D minor | 6:34 min | Keyboard | - |
| 16 | Salve regina, for 5 voices (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 4:17 min | Choral | - |
| 17 | Sonata à 5 in G minor | 4:01 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 18 | Salve Regina, for 2 voices & continuo (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 4:46 min | Choral | - |
| 19 | Ricarcata, for keyboard | 3:21 min | Keyboard | - |
| 20 | Regina caeli laetare, for 4 voices & ensemble | 2:33 min | Choral | - |
| 21 | Passacaglia Variata for keyboard | 5:45 min | Keyboard | - |
| 22 | Passacaglia for keyboard in D minor | 6:47 min | Orchestral | - |
| 23 | Passacaglia | 6:22 min | Keyboard | - |
| 24 | Ojos, que me desdnais | 2:39 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 25 | O panis mellifluus (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 6:42 min | Choral | - |
| 26 | Modulatio Organica | 47:29 min | Keyboard | - |
| 27 | Missa Superba | 24:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 28 | Toccata for keyboard No 8 in G major | 3:52 min | Keyboard | - |
| 29 | Triumphate sidera a 18 | 5:48 min | Choral | - |
| 30 | Trio Sonata in F major | 6:17 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 31 | Tota pulchra es Maria a 10 | 5:26 min | Choral | - |
| 32 | Toccata sive ricercata in Cylindrum phonotacticum transferenda, for organ (from Kirchners Musurgia universalis, Rome 1650) | 3:38 min | Keyboard | - |
| 33 | Toccata Settima for keyboard | 3:02 min | Keyboard | - |
| 34 | Toccata secundi toni, for keyboard (attrib.; Munich MS 5368) | 3:01 min | Keyboard | - |
| 35 | Toccata per li pedali | 3:00 min | Keyboard | - |
| 36 | Toccata No 5 for keyboard | 3:24 min | Keyboard | - |
| 37 | Toccata No 2 | 3:56 min | Keyboard | - |
| 38 | Toccata No 1 in D major | 4:01 min | Keyboard | - |
| 39 | Toccata for organ No 5 in C | 2:51 min | Keyboard | - |
| 40 | Suite for keyboard in A minor | 8:17 min | Keyboard | - |
| 41 | Toccata for keyboard in A minor | 5:04 min | Keyboard | - |
| 42 | Toccata cromatica con durezze e ligature for organ in E major | 4:49 min | Keyboard | - |
| 43 | Toccata 7, for keyboard | 3:25 min | Keyboard | - |
| 44 | Toccata 6, for keyboard | 3:16 min | Keyboard | - |
| 45 | Toccata 4, for keyboard | 5:03 min | Keyboard | - |
| 46 | Toccata 3, for keyboard in E minor | 4:48 min | Keyboard | - |
| 47 | Suite for keyboard in G Major | 7:42 min | Keyboard | - |
| 48 | Suite for keyboard in F major | 6:07 min | Keyboard | - |
| 49 | Missa In fletu solatium obsidionis Viennensis | 28:02 min | Choral | - |
| 50 | Suite for keyboard in D major | 7:12 min | Keyboard | - |
| 51 | Canzona 2, for keyboard | 2:46 min | Keyboard | - |
| 52 | Canzona Terza for keyboard | 3:27 min | Keyboard | - |
| 53 | Canzona Seconda for keyboard | 3:00 min | Keyboard | - |
| 54 | Canzona in E minor | 2:43 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 55 | Canzona I in D | 3:49 min | Keyboard | - |
| 56 | Canzona for organ No 5 | 2:42 min | Keyboard | - |
| 57 | Canzona for organ No 3 in D | 3:10 min | Keyboard | - |
| 58 | Canzona for keyboard in D minor | 4:08 min | Keyboard | - |
| 59 | Canzona a 3 | 5:27 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 60 | Canzona 6, for keyboard | 2:59 min | Keyboard | - |
| 61 | Canzona 4, for keyboard | 2:41 min | Keyboard | - |
| 62 | Capriccio sopra il cucu, for keyboard | 2:55 min | Keyboard | - |
| 63 | Canzona 1, for keyboard | 2:28 min | Keyboard | - |
| 64 | Cantate laudes Mariae (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 5:46 min | Choral | - |
| 65 | Battaglia for organ | 5:32 min | Keyboard | - |
| 66 | Batalla imperial | 5:18 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 67 | Ave regina coelorum, for 2 voices (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 2:32 min | Choral | - |
| 68 | Angelorum esca a 12 | 3:26 min | Choral | - |
| 69 | Ama cor meum, for 4 voices (from Delectus sacrarum cantionum) | 7:11 min | Choral | - |
| 70 | Age plaude, mens devota (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 4:03 min | Choral | - |
| 71 | Admiramini fideles a 2 (from Delectus sacrarum cantionum) | 6:13 min | Choral | - |
| 72 | Laetabundus et jocundus (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 5:05 min | Choral | - |
| 73 | Missa Pro Defunctis | 42:00 min | Choral | - |
| 74 | Admiramini | 6:00 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 75 | Magnificat for keyboard in 8th tone | 6:19 min | Keyboard | - |
| 76 | Magnificat for keyboard in 7th tone | 6:42 min | Keyboard | - |
| 77 | Magnificat for keyboard in 6th tone | 6:23 min | Keyboard | - |
| 78 | Magnificat for keyboard in 5th tone | 5:41 min | Keyboard | - |
| 79 | Magnificat for keyboard in 4th tone | 6:51 min | Keyboard | - |
| 80 | Magnificat for keyboard in 3rd tone | 5:53 min | Keyboard | - |
| 81 | Magnificat for keyboard in 2nd tone | 7:11 min | Keyboard | - |
| 82 | Magnificat for keyboard in 1st tone | 6:07 min | Keyboard | - |
| 83 | Missa Renovationis, for 4 voices & chorus | 27:00 min | Choral | - |
| 84 | Gaudete Pastores, for voice, chorus & ensemlbe | 7:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 85 | Exultate corda devota, for 3 voices & continuo (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 6:27 min | Choral | - |
| 86 | Exulta satis, offeratory for voice, 2 violins, viola & continuo | 9:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 87 | Estote fortes in bello (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 3:20 min | Choral | - |
| 88 | Dominus regnavit | 4:12 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 89 | Dic mihi, imprudens anima (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1) | 6:20 min | Choral | - |
| 90 | Clamor grillorum campestrium, fugue for 2 organs | 1:30 min | Keyboard | - |
| 91 | Ciacona for organ in C major | 2:48 min | Keyboard | - |
| 92 | Ciaccona Variata for keyboard | 2:38 min | Keyboard | - |
Albums featuring Johann Caspar Kerll
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Rui Fernando Soares – Fischer & Kerll At The Arp-Schnitger Organ Of The Monastery Of Moreira Da Maia(CD, Album) | 2022 | Brilliant Classics |
| 2 |  |
Frescobaldi, Rossi, Froberger, Kerll, Pasquini, Buxtehude, Muffat, Bach - Enrico Viccardi – Girolamo Frescobaldi And His Heritage(CD, Album) | 2022 | Da Vinci Classics |
| 3 |  |
Kerll, Matteo Messori – Complete Harpsichord And Organ Music(3×CD, Album, Stereo) | 2021 | Brilliant Classics |
| 4 |  |
Johann Caspar Kerll, Johann Joseph Fux, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier – Requiems(CD, ) | 2016 | Ricercar |
| 5 |  |
Musæ Jovis, Pieter De Moor, Buxtehude, Krieger, Kerll, Schmelzer, Förtsch – Sanctum Desiderium(CD, ) | 2015 | Sonamusica |
| 6 |  |
Biber, Kerll – Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel – Vespro Della Beata Vergine / Missa In Fletu Solatium(CD, ) | 2013 | Accent |
| 7 |  |
Priuli • Valentini • Ebner • Froberger • Kerll • Poglietti • Techelmann • Leopold I – David Blunden, Johannes Strobl (2) – Music For Two Organs(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo) | 2012 | Audite |
| 8 |  |
Bach, Buxtehude, Couperin, Kerll, Mendelssohn, Reger, Shostakovich, Welmers - Matthias Havinga – Passacaglia(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2012 | Brilliant Classics |
| 9 |  |
Bach, Muffat, Pachelbel, Froberger, Kerll – Martin Neu – Bach And The South German Tradition. Vol. 2(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo) | 2011 | Audite |
| 10 |  |
Bach, Buxtehude, Froberger, Reincken, Kerll - Céline Frisch – Die Quellen Des Jungen Bach(CD, Album) | 2009 | Alpha Productions |
| 11 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Anna Moritz, Dorothea Wagner, Alexander Schneider (2), Christian Berger (6), Clemens Volkmar, Philipp Brömsel, Knabenchor Dresden, Matthias Jung – Missa Non Sine Quare / Missa Renovationis(CD, ) | 2008 | Cantate |
| 12 |  |
Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Johann Pachelbel, Georg Muffat – Organ Works(CD, Compilation) | 2008 | Sony Classical |
| 13 |  |
Missa Cujus Toni(CD, Album) | 2006 | Eufonica |
| 14 |  |
Johann Caspar Kerll - Joseph Kelemen – Sämtliche Freie Orgelwerke = Complete Free Organ Works(CD, Album) | 2005 | Oehms Classics |
| 15 |  |
Gustav Leonhardt, Praetorius, Erbach, Frescobaldi, Merula, Froberger, Kerll, Sébastian Anton Scherer – 17th Century Organ Music(CD, Album, Reissue) | 2005 | Vanguard Classics |
| 16 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Agostino Steffani, Orpheus Chor München, Neue Hofkapelle München, Gerd Guglhör – Musik Am Münchner Hof(CD, Album) | 2004 | Oehms Classics |
| 17 |  |
Johann Caspar Kerll, Giovanni Valentini - Léon Berben – ''Scaramuza'' (Organ Works By Pupil And Teacher)(CD, Album) | 2004 | Aeolus |
| 18 |  |
Hans Davidsson (2), Sweelinck • Weckmann • Kerll • Froberger • Böhm – The Morlanda Organ (1604/1715)(CD, Album) | 2001 | Intim Musik |
| 19 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble, Arno Paduch – Die Osmanen Vor Wien 1683 - Missa In Fletu Solatium Obsidionis Viennensis | 2000 | Christophorus |
| 20 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Odile Edouard, Freddy Eichelberger – Sonatæ Unarum Fidium(CD, ) | 2000 | K617 |
| 21 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni – Missa "Non Sine Quare" | 1999 | Symphonia |
| 22 |  |
Kerll, Pachelbel, Bach, Reger, Maleingreau, Lefébure-Wely, Rinck, Ives, Boellmann, Käte van Tricht – Hommage Käte Van Tricht (Organ Works)(2×CD, Compilation, Remastered) | 1999 | MDG |
| 23 |  |
Muffat • Clerambault • Schnizer • Haydn • Kerll / Edgar Krapp – Die Riepp-Orgeln Der Basilika Ottobeuren(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1998 | Capriccio (2) |
| 24 |  |
Carissimi, Frescobaldi, Froberger, Kerll, Landi, Mazzocchi – L'Impressa Armonica – Musica Al Tempo Di Pietro Da Cortano(CD, ) | 1997 | Rivoalto |
| 25 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Hassler Consort, Franz Raml – Missa Pro Defunctis(CD, Stereo) | 1997 | MDG |
| 26 |  |
Pachelbel, Muffat, Kerll, Froberger - Gustav Leonhardt – Historic Organs Of Austria(CD, Album) | 1997 | Sony Classical |
| 27 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Bernhard Billeter – Samtliche Werke Fur Tasteninstrumente Vol. 1(CD, Stereo) | 1997 | Motette |
| 28 |  |
Pachelbel, Muffat, Kerll, Froberger - Gustav Leonhardt – Historic Organs Of Austria(CD, ) | 1997 | Sony Classical |
| 29 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll / Gruppe Für Alte Musik München, Martin Zöbeley – Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum (1669) | 1996 | Ars Musici |
| 30 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Edoardo Bellotti – Johann Kaspar Kerll - Concentus(CD, Album) | 1996 | Carrara |
| 31 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Martin Haselböck – Orgelwerke = Organ Works = Oevres Pour Orgue(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1993 | Novalis |
| 32 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll - Byron Schenkman – Keyboard Suites And Toccatas(CD, ) | 1991 | Focus (4) |
| 33 |  |
Ton Koopman / Kerll • Paumann • Schlick • Buchner • Siefert • Scheidemann • Froberger • Buxtehude • Kotter • Hassler • Erbach – Kiedrich | Deutsche Orgelmeister Vor Bach - German Organ Music Before Bach(CD, Album) | 1988 | Capriccio (2) |
| 34 |  |
F. X. Murschhauser / S. Schuechbaur / J. C. Kerll / G. A. Bernabei - Hans Maier (2), Konrad Hampe, Musica Rinata, Trio Orfeo – Instrumentalmusik Des Barock Aus München(LP) | 1984 | Musica Bavarica |
| 35 |  |
Kerll, Pachelbel, Bach, Reger, Maleingreau, Lefébure-Wely, Rinck, Ives - Käte van Tricht – Käte Van Tricht Spielt An Vier Orgeln Im Bremer Dom(2×LP, Stereo) | 1983 | MDG |
| 36 |  |
Franz Xaver Anton Murschhauser / Johann Speth / Johann Ernst Eberlin / Johann Kaspar Kerll / Heinrich Scheidemann / Andreas Düben / Samuel Scheidt / Johann Nicolaus Hanff – Maienfeld - Evangelische Kirche / Schaffhausen - Münster Zu Allerheiligen(LP) | 1981 | Pelca |
| 37 |  |
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Franz Haselböck – Organ Works(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1977 | Musical Heritage Society |
| 38 |  |
Froberger, Kerll, Pachelbel, Muffat, Scheidemann, Buxtehude, Joh. Seb. Bach - Gertrud Zimmermann-Stroh – Orgelmusik In Bad Wimpfen (Gertrud Zimmermann-Stroh An Der Historischen Orgel Der Evangelischen Stadtkirche)(LP, Stereo) | 1975 | Audite |
| 39 |  |
Paul Hofhaimer, Christian Erbach, Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann Kaspar Kerll - Anton Heiller – L'Orgue D'Europe Centrale(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1973 | Erato |
| 40 |  |
Gábor Lehotka, Sweelinck, Scheidt, Kerll, Pachelbel, Böhm, Buxtehude, J. S. Bach – Orgelmusik | 1973 | Hungaroton |
| 41 |  |
Bach, Handel, Mozart, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Muffat, Kerll, Speth, Kolb, Schneider And Maichelbeck – The Organ Music Of Germany(5×LP, Compilation, Mono) | 1961 | VOX (6) |
| 42 |  |
Gustav Leonhardt, Tarquinio Merula, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Giovanni Picchi, Giovanni De Macque, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Heinrich Scheidemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Alte Cembali Aus Italien, Deutschland Und Den Niederlanden(LP | - | Harmonia Mundi |
| 43 |  |
Biber / Kerll – Requiem(CD, ) | - | Ricercar |
| 44 |  |
Giovanni Battista Martini, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Louis-Claude Daquin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis J.A. Lefébure-Wely, Johann Sebastian Bach, Anonymous, Johann Pachelbel – Zürich, Kirche Glaubten Zürich-Affoltern / Zürich, Ref. Kirche In Zürich-Oerlikon(LP, | - | Pelca |
| 45 |  |
Fridolin Sicher, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Georg Muffat, Carlmann Kolb, Johann Sebastian Bach, Walter Supper, Heinrich Hamm – Der Süddeutsche Barock (Die Orgel In Jahrhunderten Und Ihre Stilepochen)(LP, | - | Pelca |
| 46 |  |
Franz Lehrndorfer, Francesco Gioseffo Guami, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Giovanni Gabrieli, Anton Holzner, Ferdinand Michl, Johann Baptist Moßmayr – München-Residenz (Hoforganisten Aus 4 Jahrhunderten)(7", 45 RPM, Stereo) | - | Musica Bavarica |
Videos featuring Johann Caspar Kerll
Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693)/ Giovanni Valentini (1582-1649)- Scaramuza (Léon Berben)
Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693)/ Giovanni Valentini (1582-1649) Scaramuza (Léon Berben)
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