Short Name: | Christian Friedrich Witt |
Full Name: | Witt, Christian Friedrich, approximately 1660-1717 |
Birth Year (est.): | 1660 |
Death Year: | 1717 |
Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, d. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of Psalmodia Sacra (1715); about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that collection are considered to be composed by him, including STUTTGART, which was set to the text "Sollt' es gleich." Witt was chamber organist and later Kapellmeister at the Gotha court. He composed vocal and instrumental music, including some sixty-five cantatas.
Bert Polman
Tunes by Christian Friedrich Witt (4)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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FREYBERG | Christian Freiderich Witt (Composer) | 2 | 12321 54366 515 |
[Great God, when I approach Thy throne] (Witt) | Witt (Composer) | 2 | 53334 32114 44435 |
SCHMÜCKT DAS FEST MIT MAIEN | Christian Freidrich Witt (Composer) | 3 | 12315 36655 43234 |
STUTTGART | Christian F. Witt (Attributed) | 115 | 55112 23155 64253 |