Johann Vogel (composer)
Johann Christoph Vogel (also given as Fogel) (18 March 1756, in Nuremberg – 28 June 1788, in Paris) was a German composer.
Life
He spent most of his life working in France. He moved to Paris in 1776, and entered the service of the
orchestral and chamber works but is best remembered for his oratorio Jephté, performed at the Concert Spirituel in September 1781, and for his two operas. Although his music was received favourably, his works never became extremely popular because they were deemed as 'too complicated and baroque
'.
Vogel was an enthusiast for the operas of
woodwind as solo instruments and the harmonic colour of the choruses. The overture, composed in monothematic sonata form, remained popular into the early 19th century, and was incorporated into Pierre Gardel
's ballet-pantomime Psyché (1790), which had more than 1000 performances at the Opéra National de Paris between its première and 1829.
Sources
- ISBN 1-56159-228-5
External links
- Werke von und über Johann Vogel (composer) in the German National Library catalogue
- Free scores by Johann Christoph Vogel at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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