Johann Hugo von Wilderer (c.1670-1724)
- Te Deum laudamus (C-Dur) p. à 13. 4 Clarini, Tympani,
2 [probably
"Violini" cutted] | 1 Violetta, Fagotto, Canto, Alto, Tenore, Basso.
Performers: Jugendkantorei der Diözese Spеyеr; Bach-Collegium Mannheim;
Diеtmar Mеttlach (conductor)
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German composer. He studied with Giovanni Legrenzi in Venice and by 1692
was court organist at the St. Andreas church in Dusseldorf. By 1696 he
was vice-Kapellmeister at the court there, being elevated to
Kapellmeister in 1703. He married Maria Lambertina Dahmen on 11 March
1698, and she bore him nine children. In 1716 the Elector Johann Wilhelm
died and was succeeded by his brother Karl Philipp, who had maintained a
court at Innsbruck. Subsequently he joined together the Innsbruck and
Düsseldorf musical establishments, first in Heidelberg and in 1720 in
Mannheim, where he undertook the building of a new palace. These
combined groups, under the joint directorship of Wilderer and Jakob
Greber from Innsbruck, later became the basis for the famous orchestra
of the ‘Mannheim School’, supported generously by the Elector Carl
Theodor. Wilderer remained active in the dual capacity of Kapellmeister
and composer until his death. His final major work was the sacred opera
'Esther', performed as an oratorio at Heidelberg in 1723 and as an opera
at Mannheim, 17 March 1724. As a composer, he wrote 11 operas, mainly
composed for the Düsseldorf court between 1695 and 1713, 2 oratorios, 4
cantatas, and some sacred works, among them, a Missa brevis extant in a
remarkable copy in the hand of Johann Sebastian Bach. Wilderer
importance rests upon his role in fostering the development of German
opera and of what became known as the Mannheim school of composition.
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