Johann Jakob Schnell (1687-1754)
- Partita (IV) in e-moll aus 'Sex parthiae triosonae' ... opus II (1731)
Performers: Karl Kaisеr (traversflöte); Sabine Liеr (violine); Gеrhard Wеinziеrl (cembalo)
Further info: Musik der Bamberger Hofkapelle
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German composer. He belonged to a widely ramified family of musicians
that originally came from the Allgäu. Judas Thaddäus Schnell
(c.1550-1619) was a south German choir director and church composer and
his father Bernhard Schnell (fl. 1704) was footman in the service of the
music-loving count Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn [de] in
Wiesentheid. In 1714 he became oboist and violinist at the court of
Bamberg. In July 1727 he was appointed court and chamber music director
by the Bamberg prince-bishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn. Between 1734
and 1753 Schnell also appeared as a publisher of sacred music by other
composers. As a composer, he wrote sacred music, among them, Missae
neo-editae a vocibus 4. C. A. T. B. ... opus I (1729) and Vesperæ breves
duæ de dominica alteræ de B: V: Maria. ... opus XIII (1736), a set of 6
Concerta commode tractabila ... opus III (1731) and chamber music. His
music is fresh and inventive.
