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Italian composer and organist. Brother of the cellist and composer
Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724-1808), his musical education was obtained
locally. In 1758 he took Holy Orders and was elected to the Accademia
Filarmonica in Bologna, where he was closely in touch with Padre
Martini. The following year he obtained the post as maestro di cappella
at Forlì a post he held the rest of his life. Little has been studied on
his musical style or works; he published a set of Dodici Sonate per
organo, Op.1 (London, 1770) and Sei Sonate per clavicembalo con
accompagnamento per violino, Op.2 (London, c.1772). Two sacred pieces, a
Chirie e Gloria a Quattro con Strumenti and a Credo a 5, are preserved
only in manuscript.
Italian composer. He studied in Naples at the Conservatorio di Santa
Maria di Loreto, where he was a pupil of Francesco Durante. His first
work, an oratorio entitled The Flight into Egypt or Jesus Stolen into
Egypt, dates from this Neapolitan period. Together with Nicola
Logroscino and Giacomo Insanguine he composed the music for the comic
opera L'innamorato balordo (1763). In 1773 he became maestro di cappella
in Catania at both the cathedral and the Benedictine abbey of San
Nicolò l'Arena. He later left the cathedral post to his pupil Giacinto
Castorina in 1800 but retained the abbey position at least until 1807.
Geremia's surviving works include about 100 sacred compositions held in
manuscript mostly in Catania. Among these are the dialogo teatrale La
città d'Abella liberata of 1780, 12 other oratorios including Mosé
trionfante (1800) and Il ritorno di Noemi (1802), two secular and two
sacred cantatas and 23 masses, including a Missa pro defunctis (1809)
and Messa breve in F (1810). Together with Vincenzo Tobia Bellini, he
was the most prominent composer in Catania in the second half of the
18th Century.
French violinist, composer and teacher. His father, a wind player, gave
him early instruction in music; he began studying violin and composition
with Anton Stamitz in 1778. On 25 May 1780, he played a Stamitz violin
concerto at the Paris Concert Spirituel, and returned there in May 1784
to play his own first Violin Concerto. In 1785 he became a member of the
king's music, and soon established a notable reputation as a virtuoso.
In 1789 he settled in Paris, where he first gained success as a composer
for the theater with his opera-comique Paul et Virginie (1791). His
opera-comique Lodoiska (1791) was also a success, being accorded an even
warmer reception than Cherubini's score of the same name. In 1793
Kreutzer became a professor at the Institute National de Musique; when
it became the Paris Conservatory in 1795, he remained on its faculty,
retiring in 1826. Beginning in 1798 he made a number of outstanding
concert appearances at the Theatre Feydeau and the Opera in Paris, being
made solo violin at the latter in 1801; he also became a member of
Napoleon's chapel orchestra (1802) and of his private orchestra (1806).
His ballet-pantomime Paul et Virginie (1806) found favor with Paris
audiences, as did his ballet Les Amours d'Antoine et Cleopatre (1808)
and his comedie lyrique Aristippe (1808). In 1810 he suffered a broken
arm in a carriage accident, which effectively put an end to his career.
However, he continued to hold his various positions as a violinist. In
1815 he was made maitre de la chapelle du roi. In 1816 he was appointed
second conductor, and in 1817 first conductor at the Opera, retaining
this post until 1824, at which time he became director (1824-26). His
last opera, Matilde (c.1826-27), was refused by the Opera management. By
then in declining health, he spent his remaining years in retirement.
Kreutzer was one of the foremost violinists of his era. With Pierre
Baillot and Pierre Rode, he stands as one of the founders of the French
violin school. Beethoven greatly admired his playing, and was moved to
dedicate his Violin Sonata, Op.47 (the Kreutzer), to him. Kreutzer's
most celebrated publication remains the brilliant 42 etudes ou caprices
for Unaccompanied Violin. He also composed a number of fine violin
concertos. His renown as a teacher brought him many students, including
his brother Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer (1778-1832), Charles Philippe
Lafont and Lambert Massart. With Rode and Baillot, he published 'Methode
de violon' (1803).
German composer and organist. His maternal grandfather and father were
Stadtpfeifer, and he received training in organ and as a Stadtpfeifer.
In 1676 he went with his family to Eilenburg, where he most likely
studied with Johann Hildebrand. From 1684 until his death he was
organist at the Marienkirche in Halle, where he also led the noted
musical performances every third Sunday. Zachow was one of the leading
composers of church cantatas and keyboard works of his day. He is
remembered chiefly as Handel's teacher but is important in his own right
as a composer of church cantatas and keyboard music. Zachow became an
eminent teacher and besides Handel his pupils included Gottfried
Kirchhoff, J.G. Krieger and J.G. Ziegler. Surviving from an apparently
large output, are about 30 cantatas in various forms from sacred
concerto to operatic, a chorale mass, 3 Latin motets, about 50 keyboard
chorales, and about 20 assorted keyboard works.
German cellist and composer son of the bassoonist and cellist Bernhard
Anton Romberg (1742-1814). He learnt the cello from his father before
begin his career in Munster when he appeared with his cousin Andreas
Jakob Romberg (1767-1821) at age 7; they toured with their fathers
thereafter, making visits to Frankfurt am Main (1782) and Paris (1784,
1785). After playing in the Bonn electoral orchestra (1790-93), they
fled in the face of the French invasion and went to Hamburg, where they
were members of the opera orchestra at the Ackermann Theater; they then
toured Italy (1795-96) and visited Vienna (1796), where they became
friends of Joseph Haydn. After further travels in Italy and another
visit to Paris (1801), the cousins pursued separate careers. Bernhard
Heinrich visited Spain in 1801, served as professor of cello at the
Paris Conservatory (1801-03), and then joined the Berlin Royal Court
Orchestra (1805). He visited Russia in 1807 and England in 1814, and was
Berlin Hofkapellmeister (1816-19). In 1820 he went to Hamburg, which he
made his home with the exception of another Berlin sojourn (1826-31);
also made extensive tours as a virtuoso. He published 'Methode de
violoncelle' (Berlin, 1840). As a composer, his works include two
motets, six stage works (some monodramas), numerous Lieder, nine
symphonies, 19 concertos (mainly violin and cello), 50 rondos for
strings and piano, 11 string quartets, six trios, and a number of
keyboard works. He had two children who pursued musical careers:
Bernhardine Romberg (1803-1878), a concert singer, and Karl Romberg
(1811-1897), a cellist in the St. Petersburg German Opera orchestra
(1830-42).
