Anton Wilhelm Solnitz

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Anton Wilhelm Solnitz. Portrait of Herman van der Mijn.

Anton Wilhelm Solnitz (also: Sollnitz * around 1708; † 1752 in Leiden , other sources: * around 1722, † 1752 or 1753 in Leiden or The Hague ) was a German-Bohemian composer.

Life

As his compatriot Johann Andreas Kauchlitz Colizzi (around 1742–1808) stayed a few decades later, Solnitz spent his entire musically productive life in the Dutch Republic , the wealth of which attracted musicians from all over Europe. He worked in Leiden and The Hague, for a stay in Amsterdam mentioned by Fétis and Eitner , there is no evidence. His works were printed in Amsterdam and Leiden from 1738. According to Ernst Ludwig Gerber, a strong master who is said to have died of drinking and impoverished.

A portrait of the artist (1743, oil on canvas, 18.8 × 15 cm) by Herman van der Mijn was sold at Sotheby’s in 2005 .

Works (selection)

Solnitz's three-movement symphonies, which were widespread in Northern Europe, are influenced by Antonio Vivaldi and Giovanni Battista Sammartini . The three-movement chamber music works document the transition from the baroque to the gallant style .

Orchestral works
  • XII Symphony a quatro stromenti and Bc op.1 (Amsterdam around 1740)
  • Sei Symphony op.3 (Leiden 1745)
  • 11 concerts for flute and strings
Chamber music
  • "Six Sonates" for 2 flutes without bass (Amsterdam, around 1740)
  • 12 Divertissements op.2, for 2 horns without bass (Amsterdam, around 1740)
  • "Six Sonates" for 2 violins and bc, op.1 (Leiden, 1750)
  • "Six Sonates" for 2 flutes for 2 violins and bc, op.1 (Leiden, 1750), op.2 (Leiden, 1751)
  • 13 trio sonatas for 2 violins and bc
  • 16 trio sonatas for 2 flutes and bc
  • 4 sonatas for 2 violins, viola and bass

literature

  • Stanley Sadie: The new grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , 2nd ed. 2001, Vol. 23, p. 653.

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Anton Wilhelm Solnitz in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Gustav Fellerer: Musical relations between the northern Netherlands and the empire in the 18th century. in: Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, D. 30th, Afl. 1st. (1980) pp. 51-69
  2. ↑ Robert Eitner: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars ... (1903)
personal data
SURNAME Solnitz, Anton Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sollnitz, Anton Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Bohemian composer of the pre-classical period
DATE OF BIRTH around 1709
DATE OF DEATH 1752 or 1753
Place of death Leiden or The Hague