Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt (1667-1739)
- Sinfonie (Suite in A-Dur) de Son Altesse Serenissime (1718)
Performers: Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra; Dietfried Bernet (1940-2011, conductor)
Painting: Johann Christian Fiedler (1697-1765) - Bildnis des Landgrafen Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt
Further info: Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt (1667-1739)
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German composer and Landgrave of Hessen-Darmstadt from 1678 to 1739. His
parents were Landgrave Ludwig VI von Hessen-Darmstadt and Elisabeth
Dorothea von Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640-1709). When his father died in
Hesse-Darmstadt in 1678, he was succeeded by Ernst Ludwig's older
half-brother Ludwig VII, who died shortly thereafter in the same year.
His successor was Ernst Ludwig. At that time only 11 years old, he was
under the regency of his mother until 1688. In 1688, Ernst Ludwig had to
leave the Darmstadt due the French occupation. Then he settled in Nidda
and Gießen for the next ten years. After the death of his mother he
took over the official regency promoting the absolutist form of
government in Hessen-Darmstadt, which resulted in an innovation of the
tax system, the creation of a war department and the expansion of the
cities, especially Darmstadt. He married Dorothea Charlotte von
Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661-1705), daughter of Albert II, Margrave von
Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620-1667) on 1 December 1687. The landgrave showed
himself to be a patron of theater and music and, like his father and
his older sisters Magdalene Sibylle and Auguste Magdalene, distinguished
himself as a poet of hymns. Ernst Ludwig composed marches and played
the gamba. Among those patronized in this cultural milieu were the
composer Christoph Graupner and the gambist Ernst Christian Hesse; also
bringing into his service architect Louis Remy de la Fosse for his
extensive building program. Upon his death in 1739, his country's debt
was 4 million gulden, ten times the annual revenue.
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