Johann Friedrich Fasch has been played on NTS in shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, featured first on 9 March 2020. Songs played include Trumpet Concerto No. 1 In D Major.

Johann Friedrich Fasch (April 15, 1688 – December 5, 1758) was a German composer.

He was born in Buttelstädt, was a choirboy in Weissenfels and studied under Johann Kuhnau at the Thomasschule in Leipzig (he later founded a Collegium Musicum in the city). He then traveled throughout Germany, becoming a violinist in the orchestra in Bayreuth in 1714, and also holding court posts in Greiz and Lukavec. In 1722 he was appointed Kapellmeister at Zerbst,…