Johann Walther

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Birth / Death Dates
1684 - 1748
Description

Johann Gottfried Walther was a German composer, organist, music theorist, and lexicographer of the high Baroque. He was also the first cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach, his nearly exact contemporary. He composed a large number of works for the organ, including a series of transcriptions of concerti by Italian composers, inspiring his cousin Bach to do the same.