Werckmeister, Andreas
(1645–1706)
ANDREAS WERCKMEISTERWERCKMEISTER, ANDREASANDREAS WERCKMEISTER [* 1645-† 1706] Deeply religious and grounded in mediaeval scholarship, Andreas Werckmeister combined mystical and metaphysical speculation with a devotion to God as creator of mathematical order in nature. Yet unlike less musically gifted authors such as KEPLER and FLUDD, Werckmeister, a church musician and expert organ examiner, applied himself to documenting many of the more practical aspects of music, including tuning…