Philipp Christoph Kayser

"Blind Guitarist" (1778), oil on canvas, 260 x 311 cm, of the painter Francisco Goya, contemporary of Kayser (Museo del Prado, Madrid)

(1755-1823)

The composer Philipp Christoph Kayser was a author of vocal and instrumental music; was born in Francoforte sul Meno on the 10th March 1755, the same year of the composers Andreozzi, Butler, Capuzzi, Gresnick, Kalkbrenner, Masek, Palomino, Prota, Solié, Tomeoni. He died in Oberstrass (Zurigo) on the 23th December 1823

project Kayser (Deeper articles)

Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of late Baroque

OPERE

"Scherz, List und Rache" has been represented in 1786

LIEDER

"Jägers Nachtlied" (Im Felde schleich ich, still und wild), text of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

"Arie aus Erwin und Elmire" (Ihr verblühet, süße Rosen), text of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

"Romanze" (Ein Veilchen auf der Wiese stand), text of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

"Bußlied" (Sieh mich, Heil'ger, wie ich bin), text of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

"Um Friede" (Der du von dem Himmel bist), text of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

"Szene aus Scherz, List und Rache", text of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

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