Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750-1812)
- Concerto (No.2, D-Dur) per il clarino (1779)
Performers: Edward Tarr (1936-2020, trumpet); Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
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German composer and contrabass player. Following studies under Franz
Becker, he became a student of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger in Vienna.
He is said to have made his début as a composer there at the age of 18,
and a symphony and a double bass concerto of his were performed by the
Tonkünstler-Societät in 1778. In 1777 he was employed by Cardinal von
Batthyani in Pozsony (Pressburg, now Bratislava, Slovakia), and in 1783
he became a member of the Kapelle of Count Erdődy in Fidisch. After the
dissolution of the ensemble he made his living as a copyist, as well as
touring both Germany and Italy as a bass soloist. In 1789 he was
appointed to the Kapelle of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, where he
remained for the rest of his life. A supposed period in the service of
Prince Esterhazy under Haydn is not documented. As a composer, he was
well versed in the styles of music of his time, becoming a significant
composer of symphonies in particular. His music consists of 45
symphonies, 22 concertos (18 for double bass), three sinfonia
concertantes, two nonets, an octet and a septet, two sextets, 12
quartets, two keyboard sonatas, 14 other sonatas (duos), five cantatas,
three sacred songs, three hymns, three antiphons, and two offertories,
as well as 50 partitas and several organ fugues. Sperger's reputation as
a leading double bass player is generously acknowledged by critical
writing of the time; his achievements as an executant were generally
accorded more significance than his prolific output as a composer.
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