Gottfried Keller (composer)

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Gottfried (Godfrey) Keller (* around 1650, probably in Germany ; † November 1704 in London ) was a musician and composer of the Baroque period .

Life

Gottfried Keller moved to London and is said to have worked there primarily as a harpsichordist , continuo player , church musician and music teacher.

A collection of six sonatas has come down to us from Keller. Three sonatas of 5, for 2 violins, trumpet or oboe, viola and bc and another three trio sonatas for two flutes, oboes or violins and bc, dedicated to Queen Anne . In 1709 Estienne Roger published 6 trio sonatas for 2 flutes and bc under Keller's name.

Keller is the author of a posthumously published basso Method A Compleat Method for Attaining to Play a Thorough Bass upon Either organ, harpsichord, theorbo or lute-..... (John Cullen, 1707)

The court musician George Bingham put together four collections with a total of 173 Airs Anglois by several composers, which were published by Le Cêne between 1702 and 1706. The collections mainly contain works by Bingham and Gottfried Fingers , Keller is represented with two works.

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SURNAME Keller, Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Basement, Godfrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer of the baroque
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH November 1704
Place of death London