Andreas Oswald (the Younger) was baptized on 9 December 1634 in Weimar, where his father was employed as court organist. Close contacts with members of the court chapel and musicians active in the region probably helped shape the youth’s professional horizon and continued after his family had moved to Eisenach in 1642.

In 1650 the younger Oswald also joined the Weimar court chapel and remained an active member until it was dissolved in 1662. At first he probably was primarily responsible for ...