Friedrich Heinrich Himmel
Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (November 20, 1765 – June 8, 1814) was a German composer.
Biography
Himmel was born at
Halle before turning to music.[1]
During a temporary stay at Potsdam he had an opportunity of showing his self-acquired skill as a pianist before King Frederick William II, who thereupon provided him with a yearly allowance to enable him to complete his musical studies. This he did under Johann Gottlieb Naumann, a German composer of the Italian school, and the style of that school Himmel himself adopted in his operas.[1]
The first of these, a pastoral opera, Il primo navigatore, was produced at
His Italian operas, successively composed for
Lieder, including An Alexis send ich dich (To Alexis). He died in Berlin.[1]
Works
Operas
- Il primo navigatore, pastorale Venice (1794)
- La morte di Semiramide, opera seria Naples (1795)
- Fanchon oder das Leyermädel, Singspiel Berlin (1804)
- Die Sylphen Zauberoper, Berlin (1806)
- Der Kobold, komische Oper, Vienna (1813)
- Alessandro (1799)
- Vasco di Gama (1801)
- Frohsinn und Schwarmerei (1801)
Lieder
- An Alexis send ich dich
- Vater unser
- Gebet während der Schlacht: "Vater ich rufe dich!"
- Die Blumen und der Schmetterling, Lieder cycle
Church music and cantatas
- Two masses
- Te Deum, for four voices and orchestra
- Salve Regina, for four voices and instruments
- Beatus vir, for four voices and instruments
- In exitu Israel
- Dixit Dominus
- Das Vertrauen auf Gott, cantata
- Das Lob Gottes ("Singet dem Herrn")
- Lobe den Herren, for choir and orchestra
- Psalmen Davids, for two voices and orchestra
- Three cantatas for choir and orchestra:
- Was betrubst du dich
- Heilig ist mein Beherrscher
- Wann Gott auch aufs Tiefste
- Trauer-Cantate zur Begräbnissfeyer Friedrich Wilhelm II von Preussen, for four voices and orchestra
- The 146th Psalm
- Vater unser, von Mahlmann
- other pieces of church music in manuscript
Bibliography
- Gerhard Allrogen: "Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich", in The ISBN 0-333-73432-7
References
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Himmel, Frederick Henry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 476.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Friedrich Heinrich Himmel.
- Musical Manuscripts Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
- Free scores by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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