BÖHM, Georg – Rigaudon – THREE CELLOS (easy)

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Georg Böhm (2nd September 1661 – 18th May 1733) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita and for his strong influence on the young J. S. Bach.
He received his first music lessons from his father, a schoolmaster and organist who died in 1675. In 1684 Böhm entered the University of Jena, but little is known about Böhm’s university years or his life after graduation. He resurfaces again only in 1693, in Hamburg.
In 1698 Böhm succeeded Christian Flor as organist of the principal church of Lüneburg, the Church of St. John (Johanniskirche). He held the position until his death. He married and had five sons. From 1700 to 1702 he must have met and possibly tutored the young Johann Sebastian Bach, who arrived in Lüneburg in 1700 and studied at the Michaelisschule, a school associated with the Church of St. Michael (Michaeliskirche).
Böhm is mainly known for his compositions for organ and harpsichord (especially the preludes, fugues, and partitas). Many of his works were designed with flexibility – they could be played on the organ, the harpsichord, the clavichord, or even on other instruments depending on the situation in which the performer found himself. Böhm’s music is notable for a style of playing based on improvisation.
Böhm died in May 1733 at the age of 71.