Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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German classical composers

The following is a chronological list of classical music composers who lived in, worked in, were German citizens, or who grew up and made their careers in Germany. == Medieval == Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) == Renaissance == Caspar Othmayr (1515–1553) Valentin Haussmann (c. 1560 – c. 1611–13) Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612) == Baroque == Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) Andreas Hakenberger (1574–1627) Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672) Samuel Scheidt (1587–1653) Johann Schop (1590–1667) Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667) Kaspar Förster (1616–1673) Heinrich Schwemmer (1621–1696) Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693) Georg Caspar Wecker (1632–1695) Adam Krieger (1634–1666) Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725) Johann Krieger (1651–1735) Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) Christian Friedrich Witt (1660–1717) Giovanni Henrico Albicastro (1660–1730) Franz Xaver Murschhauser (1663–1738) Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672/1673–1751) Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679–1735) Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758) Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690–1749) Johann Christian Hertel (1697–1754) Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771) Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759) == Classical era == Johan Agrell (1701–1765) Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762) Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708–c.

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  1. Frederick the Great

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frederick II, king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.

    2 July 2015

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    Featuring: Tim Blanning, Katrin Kohl, Thomas Biskup

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    History18th-century classical composersGerman critics of ChristianityGerman opera librettists18th-century German composersGerman classical composersPeople of the Age of EnlightenmentRoyal reburialsGerman FreemasonsWriters from BerlinGerman male classical composersPeople of the Silesian Wars18th-century male musicians18th-century German LGBTQ peopleGerman military writersGerman art collectors, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland), People of the War of the Bavarian Succession, 18th-century art collectors

  2. Hildegard of Bingen

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval mystic, composer and writer Hildegard of Bingen.

    26 June 2014

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    Featuring: Miri Rubin, William Flynn, Almut Suerbaum

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    HistoryAnglican saintsCatholic philosophersWomen religious writersWomen mysticsMedieval Latin-language poetsAngelic visionariesGerman classical composersGerman women philosophersRoman Catholic mystics12th-century writers in LatinDoctors of the ChurchManuscript illuminators12th-century Christian saintsPre-Reformation Anglican saintsMystic poetsBenedictine philosophersCreators of writing systemsHerbalists

  3. William and Caroline Herschel

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering brother and sister who, between them, discovered Uranus, comets, double stars and infrared light at the end of the 18th century.

    11 November 2021

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    Featuring: Monica Grady, Carolin Crawford, Jim Bennett

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    ScienceFellows of the Royal SocietyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesRecipients of the Copley MedalMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesGerman Lutherans18th-century classical composers19th-century German male musicians18th-century German composersGerman classical composers18th-century German astronomersClassical-period composersBritish scientific instrument makers18th-century keyboardistsGerman male classical composers