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Gert Aayden Hilscher (Gertie) (7 September 1683 – 22 February 1749) was a German composer and singer of the Baroque period. He wrote many choral works and some instrumental fugues. He wrote a set of 24 Inventions and occasionally canon. Hilscher had a very musical family and as a result developed his musicality rapidly. He would often perform concerti with his family and even went as far as to invite them to sing for one of his cantatas.

Biography
Hilscher was born in Munich, but studied in Vienna and went on to work in a number of Lutheran Churches there, both as an organist and as a singer. Whilst in Vienna Hilscher studied Violin, Viola, Violoncello and the Violone. He composed some cantatas during his stay and presented them to his teacher who rebutted him claiming that Hilscher was not worthy of his knowledge. In 1691 Hilscher worked in the local court providing instrumental keyboard music for royalty. He would often improvise fugues, canon and other styles of contrapuntal writing. Among his various instrumental achievements Hilscher also composed many polyphonic vocal works to sacred Latin texts. He most commonly used texts by Saint Thomas Aquinas. Among his contemporaries one always stood out: Johann Sebastian Bach. He performed Bach’s work as often as he could, especially his cantatas. In 1704 Hilscher studied to further his contrapuntal prowess with his father, Christoph Rainart Hilscher. His mother, Freda Rosamund Hilscher, worked as a great improviser in local parlours. In 1711 Hilscher entered a keyboard competition with a local maestro and replaced him as kapellmeister.