Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801)
- Der 96. Psalm | Singet dem Herrn ein neues φ| â | 2 Clarini. |
Tÿmpani. | 2. Corni | 2. Oboi | 2. Flauti | 2. Violini | Viola | Violone
| C. A. T. B. | & | Organo (c.1786)
Performers: Bettina Eismаnn (soprano); Elisabeth Wіlke (alto); Werner
Gürа (tenor);
Körnеrscher Sing-Verein Dresden; Drеsden Instrumental
Concert; Peter Kοpp (conductor)
Further info: Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801) - Psalm 103 (1790)
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German composer and violinist. His earliest education was at a local
town school, but he was soon sent to Dresden to the Kreuzschule, where
his teacher was Gottfried August Homilius. In 1757 the Swedish violinist
Anders Wesstrom took him to Italy, where he received valuable
instruction from Giuseppe Tartini in Padua, Padre Martini in Bologna,
and Johann Adolph Hasse in Venice. Here his opera 'Il Tesoro insidiato'
received such acclaim that he began to receive attention as Hasse’s
successor as 'Il caro sassone'. Hasse recommended him as his successor
in Dresden in 1764, and his work soon began to achieve considerable
success throughout central Europe. In 1776 he was appointed
Kapellmeister in Dresden. In 1777 he was commissioned by Swedish king
Gustav III to write an opera, 'Amphion', that led to other commissions
from the north, including 'Cora och Alonzo' with which the new Royal
Opera in Stockholm was inaugurated in 1782. Although his last Swedish
work, the nationalist 'Gustaf Wasa', was ready for performance in 1786,
he was lured to Denmark to write works for the Danish Opera. In 1792 he
married Catharina Magdalena Grodtschilling (1767-1838), the daughter of a
Danish admiral. In 1789 he was active in Berlin, and by the time of his
death he was probably one of the most respected and popular composers
in Europe. As a composer, his works include 21 Masses, 15 Kyries, 13
oratorios, 20 offertories, 19 Marian antiphons, at least three Te Deums,
nine vespers, eight Psalm cantatas, over 130 songs, two concertos for
keyboard, 25 operas (in Italian, Swedish, and Danish), 16 symphonies, 12
sonatas for glass harmonica, 15 chamber works, and a host of smaller
compositions for the voice and chamber ensembles. His music incorporates
a mixture of the various late 18th-century styles and forms, always
well constructed and dramatically intense. His 'Vater unser' was
considered the epitome of German sacred music of the time, while his
cantatas were more in the Italian style with fluid melodies and
progressive harmony. He had an interest in the glass harmonica, writing a
substantial amount of music for this instrument. Johann Gottlieb
Naumann can be considered one of the most significant composers of the
last half of the 18th century. His brother Friedrich Gotthard Naumann
(1750-1821) was a painter, his son Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797-1873)
was a mineralogist and geologist, and his grandson Ernst Naumann
(1832-1910) was an organist and composer.
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