Traugott Maximilian Eberwein (1775-1831)
- Sinfonia concertante (F-Dur), Op.67 (1820)
Performers: Wally Hase (flöte); Brigitte Horlitz (oboe); Jan Doormann
(klarinette); Michael Abé (fagott); Ralf Ludwig (horn); Thüringisches
Kammerorchester Weimar
Further info: Weimarer Klassik - Traugott Maximilian Eberwein
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German violinist and composer, elder brother of Carl Eberwein. He was
the eldest of three sons of Alexander Bartholomäus Eberwein (1751-1811),
the Weimar ducal court and town musician whose brother Christian was
violinist at Frankfurt before becoming violinist (1794) and musical
director (1811) of the Rudolstadt court orchestra. After taking violin
lessons from his father, Traugott studied theory with F.L.A. Kunzen in
Frankfurt and the violin with Ernst Schick in Mainz. He had some further
instruction from J.C. Kittel (counterpoint) in Erfurt and, stopping at
Naples on a concert tour through Germany, France and Italy (1803), with
Fedele Fenaroli. After a visit to Hamburg (1796), he was engaged as
court musician to Prince Ludwig Friedrich von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in
the following year, later becoming chamber musician (1810) and
Kapellmeister (1817) at Rudolstadt. Traugott's reputation rests largely
on the standard of performance attained under his direction at
Rudolstadt and his work as an early founder of music festivals in
Germany, in addition to his many compositions. His settings of Goethe,
with whom he was on friendly terms, include the Tafellied Mich ergreift,
ich weiss nicht wie and dramatic works, among them the Singspiele
Claudine von Villa Bella (1815) and Der Jahrmarkt zu Plundersweilen
(1818). Although his songs are modelled on those of Berlin composers
such as J.F. Reichardt, Neapolitan elements in them show the influence
of Fenaroli. Some of Traugott's more popular songs appeared in student
and choral songbooks; he also composed operas, Singspiele and incidental
music for the theatre; cantatas, a mass, an oratorio and a Te Deum;
concertos, chamber and orchestral music. He also wrote reviews for music
journals.
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