Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

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Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747,

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Life

Schulz attended

Prince Henry in Rheinsberg. Schulz then went on to serve as Court Kapellmeister in Copenhagen
from 1787 to 1795 before returning to Berlin.

Schulz wrote operas, stage music, oratorios, and cantatas, as well as piano pieces and folk songs; he also wrote articles on music theory for Johann Georg Sulzer's (1720–1779) Allgemeine Theorie der schönen Künste in four volumes.

Selected works

For piano

  • Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 1, 1778
  • Sonata, Op. 2, 1778

Lieder

  • Gesänge im Volkston, 1779
  • Lieder im Volkston, 1782, 1785, 1790.
  • Chansons Italiennes, 1782

Operas

  • Clarissa, operetta, Berlin 1775
  • La fée Urgèle, comédie avec ariettes, 1782
  • Aline, reine de Golconde, Rheinsberg 1787
  • Høstgildet, Syngespil, Copenhagen 1790
  • Indtoget, Syngespil, Copenhagen 1793
  • Peters bryllup, Syngespil, Copenhagen 1793

Incidental music

Church music

  • Maria und Johannes, 1788
  • Kristi død, 1792
  • Des Erlösers letzte Stunde, 1794
  • 4 Hymns, 1791–1794

Further media

Melody of Der Mond ist aufgegangen
Melody of Wir pflügen und wir streuen

Notes

  1. New International Encyclopedia
    (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

References

Portions of the biographical information in this article are based on a translation of its German equivalent.

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