Johan Daniel Berlin (1714-1787)
- Sinfonia (D-Dur) | a. 6. | Violino 1mo | Violino 2do
Clarinetto
1mo | Clarinetto 2do [added by other hand: Flauto 1-2] | Viola | et |
Basso | No2.
Performers: Norwegian Baroque Orchestra; Gottfried von der Goltz
(conductor)
Further info: Johan Daniel & Johan Heinrich Berlín
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German-born Norwegian organist, composer and polymath. Born in a port
city on the eastern Baltic (today in Lithuania), he was trained in music
by his father, Heinrich Berlin, before finishing his studies in
Copenhagen with Andreas Berg. In 1737 he was appointed as city musician
in Trondheim, and three years later became organist at the cathedral as
well. His duties included playing at all the services as well as
assisting the cantor’s rehearsals of hymns and choral music at the Latin
school. In 1751 he assumed responsibility for the organist post at Vor
Frue church and would often engage his sons as deputies. He also found
time to continue the theoretical and pedagogical research that he had
embarked on in Copenhagen. Besides his work in music as a theorist,
composer, and instrument builder, he was also in charge of the city
waterworks and fire brigades, as well as writing treatises on astronomy
and meteorology. As a composer, his works include three symphonies and
nine concertos (six for harpsichord, and others for violin and bass
viol), as well as two cantatas and a host of smaller dance and
occasional works for the keyboard. His musical style tends toward the
North German Empfindsamkeit. His theoretical works include 'Musikalske
Elementer (1744), the first music text in Norwegian, and 'Anleitung zur
Tonometrie' (1767), an early work exploring the physics of the art form.
His son Johan Henrich Berlin (1741-1807) was also organist and
composer, mainly active in Trondheim.
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