Johann Valentin Rathgeber's lyrics & chords

Johann Valentin Rathgeber (* 3 April 1682, Oberelsbach; † 2 June 1750, Banz Abbey) was a German composer, organist and choirmaster of the Baroque Era. His father, an organist, gave him the first music lessons. At the beginning of the 18th century, he began studying at the University of Würzburg, initially rhetorics, mathematics and law, but later he changed the direction of the study and he continued his studies in theology. His first position was an educator at the Julius Hospital in Würzburg. In 1707, he took the post of chamber musicia...read more