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Christian Wolff (baroque composer)

Baroque composer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ5110282 ↗
Source-derived summary

Christian Wolff (Naundorf, 1705 – Dahlen, 1773) was a German baroque composer. He studied in Dresden and Leipzig and then was first kapellmeister then rector and organist in Dahlen.

Works, editions and recordings

23 cantatas survive in Mügeln, Nuremberg, and Rossach.

Cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (on Luther's hymn) Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, cond. Shalev Ad-El, 2007.

Cantata Ihr Sorgen lasset mich zufrieden Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, cond. Ad-El.

Cantata Meinens bleibens ist nicht hier Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, cond. Ad-El.

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The public source identifies “Christian Wolff (baroque composer)” as baroque composer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Christian, Wolff and baroque.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1705, 1773, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1705-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Christian, Wolff and baroque providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5110282. VIAF identifies the subject as 120529306. The Library of Congress control number is no2010057888. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1705, 1773 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Christian Wolff (baroque composer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.