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Johann Georg Rauch (composer)

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For the Swiss politician (1789–1851), see de:Johann Georg Rauch.
Strasbourg (c. 1644)

Johann Georg Rauch (1658, in Soultz-Haut-Rhin – 1710) was a German composer, and organist at Strasbourg Cathedral. His death was the occasion for the first performance of the Requiem of his colleague Franz Xaver Richter.

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  1. Publications de la Société savante d'Alsace et des régions 1970 "Johann Georg Rauch (1658 – 1710) enfin, le premier d'une célèbre famille de musiciens alsaciens, est originaire de Soulz en Haute-Alsace. Il était organiste à la Cathédrale de Strasbourg à partir de 1687 et conjointement maître de chapelle "


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