Composer · 1679 - 1735
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
Biography
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
(b Ostermondra, Thuringia, 14 Feb 1679; d Merseburg, 24 Feb 1735). German organist and composer.
He received his early keyboard training from J.H. Buttstett in Erfurt and continued under J.F. Alberti in Merseburg, with whom he also studied composition. When Alberti suffered a stroke in 1698 which caused paralysis in his right hand, Kauffmann deputized for him, and in 1710 succeeded his teacher as organist at the court of Duke Christian I of Saxony and at Merseburg Cathedral. Kauffmann subsequently became court organist for the Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and was later promoted to court Kapellmeister.