Johann Melchior Dreyer (1747-1824)
- Sonate Concertante (III, D-Dur) des
'Six Sonates Concertants pour le Clavecin ou le Forte Piano et violoncelle' (c.1786)
Performers: Roberto Gini (violoncello); Laura Alvini (1946-2005, harpsichord)
Further info: Il Violoncello Galante
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German organist and composer. The youngest son of a smith, after study
at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Ellwangen, he obtained his only position, the
organist and schoolmaster (later choirmaster and Kantor) at the parish
church of St Maria, which he retained for over 40 years. After the
secularization of the foundation in 1802-03, he remained in his post as
organist and Kapellmeister. As a composer, his works include 24 sonatas
for organ, chamber sonatas, six Requiems, 24 vesper Psalms, six Tantum
ergos, 26 Masses (six published as “simple country Masses” as his Op.
2), six symphonies, three Marian antiphons, and six Misereres. His
music, little studied, is characterized by a studied simplicity and
nearby to Michael Haydn on style terms. He was one of the most
successful composers of sacred music of his time. His music was
distributed throughout Europe, Russia and North America. His sons,
Heinrich Dreyer and Johann Baptiste Dreyer, were also musicians.
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