About Johann Friedrich Wender
Lived 1655 – 1729 (aged 73–74). Johann Friedrich Wender was a German organ builder and musical instrument maker.
Johann Friedrich Wender (baptized 6 December 1655 – 13 June 1729) was a German organ builder who had his workshop in Mühlhausen.
Born in Dörna, Thuringia, Wender collaborated with Johann Sebastian Bach, who obtained his first position as an organist in Arnstadt from 1703, after he had inspected and demonstrated a new organ which Wender had built there. In 1707 Bach moved to Mühlhausen, where Wender worked. Wender died in Dörna.
Notable students of Wender include his son Christian Friedrich Wender, his son-in-law Johann Nikolaus Becker, Johann Christian Dauphin and .
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Who was Johann Friedrich Wender?
organ builder
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Johann Friedrich Wender was born in 1655 in Dörna.
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Johann Friedrich Wender died on 13 June 1729 in Dörna.
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Johann Friedrich Wender was an organ builder and musical instrument maker.
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Johann Friedrich Wender was German.
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