Christoph Nichelmann (1717-1762)
- Ouverture B dur | per | due Violini | due Oboi | Viola | Basso continuo (1737)
Performers: Orkiestra Kore
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German composer. His earliest musical education came when he enrolled in
the Thomasschule in Leipzig in 1730, studying under Johann Sebastian
Bach and Bach’s son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. In 1733 he moved to Hamburg
to seek work as an opera composer, but in 1739 he went to Berlin, where
he became part of the Berlin School, studying under Johann Joachim
Quantz and Carl Heinrich Graun. He obtained the position as
harpsichordist at the Prussian court, and in 1755 he published his
treatise 'Die Melodie, nach ihrem Wesen'. A controversy with this work
and its successor caused him to request release from the court, and he
served the rest of his life as an independent teacher and composer.
Among his works were 3 sinfonias, an Ouverture, a Concerto for Violin
and Strings, 16 concertos for harpsichord and strings (1740-59), various
keyboard pieces, 'Il sogno di Scipione' (serenata, 1745), a Requiem,
and 22 Lieder. Although known for his theoretical treatise, Nichelmann
was an innovative composer of keyboard works whose style is firmly
implanted in 'Empfindsamkeit'.
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