// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Cyriacus Wilche? A saint of a guy, will he?
Cyriacus Wilche or Cyriakus Wilcke (c.1620 in Pfiffelbach– 26 April 1667 in Jena) was a German composer of the Baroque period.
Background
[edit]Cyriacus Wilche worked as a musician at the court of Weimar until 1662. From 1662 until his death in 1667, he was employed as a musician in Jena. The godfather of one of his children was Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena.[1]
He is best known today for his Battaglia for 2 violins, 2 violas and continuo. Possibly his only surviving work, it has survived in manuscript form as part of the Rost Codex.[2] It was recorded by Musica Antiqua Köln.[3]
Wilche was possibly the grandfather of Anna Magdalena Bach, the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cyriacus Wilche (1620-1667)". musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Edition: Cyriacus Wilche, Battaglia, edited by Konrad Ruhland (Magdeburg: Edition Walhall, 2008)
- 1 2 Vernier, David. "Review: Bachiana : Music by the Bach Family". www.classicstoday.com. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
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