Johann Friedrich Klöffler

Sechs Quartetti concertanti Nr. 1: Der Ruf und das Gespräch einiger Freunde Von der herrschenden Meinung des 18. Jahrhunderts geprägt, dass das Zusammenspiel von mehreren Instrumenten eine Unterhaltun...

Klöffler (1725-1790) wirkte am Hofe des Grafen zu Bentheim. Der Zyklus von sechs Quartetten für vier Flöten war bislang nicht gedruckt zugänglich. Ein Originalwerk aus der Klassik, das von der Schwier...

The 6 concert quartets for 4 flutes presented here are something special in the quartet literature of the 18th century: the entire cycle is linked by programmatic headings. Hereby, the great diversity...

This is the fourth out of the 6 'Quartetti Concertanti' for 4 flutes with the programmatic title The steadfast friends. It consists of 2 movements and is of intermediate difficulty. It is always the f...

This is the fifth edition of the total number of 6 concertant quartets which are all linked by programmatic titles. Therefore, this cycle is quite an exception in the 18th century quartet literature....

Johann Friedrich Klöffler (1725-1790) was Principal and Music Director of the Earls of Bentheim-Steinfurt. Until his retirement in 1789, he was the centre of cultural life at the court of Burgsteinfur...