Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
Appearance
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747,
Ihr Kinderlein kommet
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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
- Music for Athalie by Jean Racine, Rheinsberg 1785
Church music
- Maria und Johannes, 1788
- Kristi død, 1792
- Des Erlösers letzte Stunde, 1794
- 4 Hymns, 1791–1794
Further media
Notes
- 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.
External links
- Free scores by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- The Mutopia Project has compositions by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
- Cyber Hymnal: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
- Johann Abraham Peter Schulz in the German National Library catalogue
- Biography at the Johanneum at the Wayback Machine (archived June 9, 2007) (in German)
- Schulz' church music (in German)
- Works by or about Johann Abraham Peter Schulz at Internet Archive