David Kellner

David Kellner (1670, Liebertwolkwitz, near Leipzig – 6 April 1748) was a German composer of the baroque period and a contemporary of Bach.

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• Phantasia in a minor by david kellner 1747 for baroque lute
• Nora buschmann plays fantasia in d minor by david kellner on a 1997 jose romanillos
• References

As well as compositions for the lute which are today highly regarded, he wrote on the theory of music, and particularly on writing for equal temperament. His diagram of the circle of fifths is the earliest extant example of the modern layout with major keys and minor keys in two concentric circles, the major immediately outside its relative minor.