Death Anniversary: Johann Peter Kellner — April 19, 1772
He died at Gräfenroda on 19 April 1772. A close associate and passionate admirer of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Kellner assembled a monumental personal manuscript collection that preserved irreplaceable copies of major organ and clavier works by J.S. Bach for future generations.
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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