Johann Lukas Hedwig (1802-1849)
- Cantata pentru inaugurarea marii orgi Bucholz a Bisericii Negre
(1839)
Performers: Claudia Pop (sopran); Pataki Adorjan (tenor); Corul Bach al
Bisericii Negre; Orchestra Facultății de Muzică a Universității
Transilvania din Brașov; Steffen Schlandt (conductor)
Further info: Johann Lukas Hedwig (1802-1849)
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Transylvanian Saxon composer. From 1812 he studied at the grammar school in Brașov, sang in the boys' choir and was a student under the cantor Hermann Lukas. In 1819 he traveled to Vienna to continue his musical studies with A. Jekel, Joseph Drechsler (1782-1852) and Joseph von Blumenthal (1782-1850). In 1823 he accepted a musical post at the Vienna Hofoper, city where he also worked as a music teacher. In 1840 he was invited to Brasov as a music teacher at the Black Church and the Honterus Gymnasium. From 1844 he led the singing classes at the music school in Brasov. As a cantor, music teacher and composer, he was a defining figure in the music scene in Brasov. His works were strongly influenced by Viennese classicism, and his style is reminiscent of Joseph Haydn. Hedwig was a member of the (Transylvanian) Saxon Civil Guard and died during the Transylvanian Civil War, which opposed the Hungarian Revolutionary Army to the Transylvanian Saxons and the Transylvanian Romanians.
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