Level One Repertory:

Menuet in C Major

Composer: Johann Tischer (1707 - 1774)
Historical style: Classical Period (Era)

Not much is known about Johann Nikolaus Tischer. He was German composer and instrumentalist, a pupil of J. S. Bach and played the organ, oboe, and violin.

Musical terms used in this piece:

Menuet
Allegretto
p  (piano)
mf  (mezzo forte)
f  (forte)
cresc.
slur
repeat signs
rit.
tenuto

Also see:

Menuet
Classical Period
Classicism

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Menuet

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