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Christoph Schaffrath
Person · male · Germany · Hohnstein · born 1709 · died 1763 · recording since 2005
German composer
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Also known as 克里斯托夫·沙夫拉
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1700s
1760s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Sonates pour viole & autres instruments
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
Biography
English biography382 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368302539
Biography
Christoph Schaffrath (1709 in Hohnstein, Electorate of Saxony – 7 February 1763 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia) was a German musician and composer of the late Baroque to Classical transition era.
Career
Schaffrath was born in Hohnstein. He applied to be organist at the Sophienkirche in Dresden, but did not receive this position (Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was favoured for it).
In June 1733, he sought the position of organist at St. Sophia's Church in Dresden; however, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach won the audition (on June 22, 1733). For a time, he served as Kapellmeister to the Lithuanian Prince Paweł Karol Sanguszko (1680–1750) in Zasław, then in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (today in Ukraine).
He did serve in the court of the Crown Prince Frederick (Frederick the Great) as a harpsichordist in the orchestra. While still only Crown Prince, Frederick began assembling a private orchestra at his Neuruppin residence in 1732: Johann Gottlieb Graun was the first musician to enter his service that year, followed by Franz Benda in 1733, Johann Georg Benda in 1734, Carl Heinrich Graun in 1735, and then Christoph Schaffrath and Johann Gottlieb Janitsch in 1736.
From 1741, however, Schaffrath was strictly the musician to the King's sister, Amalia.
As a composer Schaffrath limited himself to instrumental music including symphonies, keyboard pieces, sonatas and concertos. Schaffrath's music can be considered transitional, including pieces which are stylistically galant (between the Baroque and the Classical). The majority of his works may now be found in the state library in Berlin.
He composed many types of music. He was most notable for overtures, symphonies, harpsichord concerti, quartets, trios, duets for a solo instrument and obbligato harpsichord, and sonatas for harpsichord.
Recordings
Ouvertüre A-Dur / Flötenkonzert e-Moll / Sinfonie XIII g-Moll / Cembalokonzert Es-Dur / Ouvertüre a-Moll, Händelfestspielorchester Halle cond. Howard Arman, Music Alliance AG, 1995
Sonates Pour Viole & Autres Instruments, Massimiliano Raschietti: Harpsichord; Guido Balestracci: Viola da Gamba; Martin Zeller: Viola da Gamba, Violoncello; Amandine Beyer: Violin, Zig Zag Territoires, 2005
Trios & Sonatas, Epoca Barocca, cpo, 2006
Six Sonatas for Harpsichord Op.2, Borbala Dobozy, Hungaroton, 2008
Six Sonatas (Duetti), Christoph Anselm Noll, Christoph Lehmann: Harpsichord; Alessandro Piqué: Oboe; Hartwig Groth, Jan Freiheit: Viola da Gamba; Margarete Adorf: Violin, Epoca Barocca, cpo, 2009
XII Soli per il Cembalo, Marius Bartoccini: Harpsichord, Clavichord, Brilliant Classics, 2026
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -242 | 2.6th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
Sonates pour viole & autres instruments
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:04:06
1Duetto für zwei Violen da Gamba d-moll: I. Poco allegro9:142Duetto für zwei Violen da Gamba d-moll: II. Adagio5:513Duetto für zwei Violen da Gamba d-moll: III. Allegro5:064Sonate für Viola da Gamba und Basso Continuo B-dur: I. Adagio3:145Sonate für Viola da Gamba und Basso Continuo B-dur: II. Allegro2:496Sonate für Viola da Gamba und Basso Continuo B-dur: III. Allegretto4:067Sonate für Viola da Gamba und obligates Cembalo A-dur: I. Allegretto9:248Sonate für Viola da Gamba und obligates Cembalo A-dur: II. Adagio5:239Sonate für Viola da Gamba und obligates Cembalo A-dur: III. Allegretto4:5310Sonate für Viola da Gamba, Violino, Violoncello und Cembalo A-dur: I. Adagio2:2811Sonate für Viola da Gamba, Violino, Violoncello und Cembalo A-dur: II. Allegretto6:1112Sonate für Viola da Gamba, Violino, Violoncello und Cembalo A-dur: III. Allegro5:276 Sonatas for Harpsichord, op. 2
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:11:51
1Sonata no. 1 in F major: I. Allegretto4:532Sonata no. 1 in F major: II. Poco Adagio4:433Sonata no. 1 in F major: III. Allegro4:414Sonata no. 2 in E minor: I. Allegro assai3:415Sonata no. 2 in E minor: II. Adagio4:306Sonata no. 2 in E minor: III. Allegro assai3:347Sonata no. 3 in G major: I. Allegro3:128Sonata no. 3 in G major: II. Poco Adagio4:099Sonata no. 3 in G major: III. Allegro assai3:2210Sonata no. 4 in C minor: I. Allegro4:0411Sonata no. 4 in C minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo3:1712Sonata no. 4 in C minor: III. Allegro2:5013Sonata no. 5 in B flat major: I. Allegro3:4714Sonata no. 5 in B flat major: II. Largo2:2115Sonata no. 5 in B flat major: III. Allegro assai3:3016Sonata no. 6 in G minor: I. Poco Allegro3:1717Sonata no. 6 in G minor: II. Fuga3:4318Sonata no. 6 in G minor: III. Adagio4:3119Sonata no. 6 in G minor: IV. Allegro3:462010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:17:21
1Duetto in F minor for Bassoon & obliged Harpsichord: I. Adagio2:422Duetto in F minor for Bassoon & obliged Harpsichord: II. Allegro5:043Duetto in F minor for Bassoon & obliged Harpsichord: III. Allegro5:064Duetto in D minor for 2 Viole da gamba: I. Poco allegro6:125Duetto in D minor for 2 Viole da gamba: II. Adagio4:106Duetto in D minor for 2 Viole da gamba: III. Allegro3:477Duetto in B-flat minor for Violin & obliged Harpsichord: I. Poco andante2:168Duetto in B-flat minor for Violin & obliged Harpsichord: II. Allegro5:049Duetto in B-flat minor for Violin & obliged Harpsichord: III. Allegro4:0510Duetto in C major for 2 Harpsichords: I. Allegro non tanto2:5711Duetto in C major for 2 Harpsichords: II. Poco adagio4:1112Duetto in C major for 2 Harpsichords: III. Allegro6:3813Duetto in B-flat major for Oboe & obliged Harpsichord: I. Largo2:5714Duetto in B-flat major for Oboe & obliged Harpsichord: II. Allegretto5:4415Duetto in B-flat major for Oboe & obliged Harpsichord: III. Vivace5:0516Duetto in G minor for Bassoon & obliged Harpsichord: I. Andante3:2417Duetto in G minor for Bassoon & obliged Harpsichord: II. Allegro assai5:1118Duetto in G minor for Bassoon & obliged Harpsichord: III. Allegro2:48
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Christoph Schaffrath head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -242 | 2.6th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
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