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Birth Anniversary: Johann Peter Kellner — September 28, 1705
28 September 2027
Gräfenroda
Born at Gräfenroda in Thuringia on 28 September 1705, the son of a black dyer. Despite his parents’ wish that he learn a trade, he devoted himself passionately to music and organ playing under Johann Schmidt in Zella and became cantor at Gräfenroda in 1727.
Dates verified on Russell Stinson, The Bach Manuscripts of Johann Peter Kellner, Duke University Press, 1989; Grove Music Online, entry "Kellner, Johann Peter" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14856).
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