Carl Gotthelf Glaeser the Younger
Carl Gotthelf Glaeser (the younger) (born May 4, 1784 in Weißenfels , † August 16, 1829 in Barmen ) was a German composer and music director in Barmen.
family
Glaeser is the son of the Weißenfels composer and cantor at the city church Carl Ludwig Traugott Glaeser (1747–1797) and Amalie Marie Ziesche (1756–1832). His grandfather was the rector and cantor in Ehrenfriedersdorf Carl Gotthelf Glaeser the Elder (1715–1792).
Career
Glaeser received his first lessons from his father, attended the St. Thomas School in Leipzig , was a volunteer in the Wars of Liberation in 1813/1814 and became music director in Barmen in 1815 . He founded a music shop and rental company. He created numerous song books and musical-theoretical works, composed church chants, motets and chorales.
Compositions
- Great imagination The great battle of nations near Leipzig
- Big imagination The Battle of Belle Alliance
- numerous children's songs
- numerous hymns, including u. a. My mouth sings a thousand times about the glory of the Lord of the world
literature
- Gustav Schilling: Universal encyclopedia of music art . Volume 3
- Niemann: Music Lexicon
- German gender book . CAStarke Verlag, Görlitz, 1914, Volume 28
Web links
- Works by and about Carl Gotthelf Glaeser the Younger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Carl Gotthelf Glaeser the Younger in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glaeser, Carl Gotthelf the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glaeser, Carl Gotthelf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and music director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weissenfels |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1829 |
| Place of death | Barmen |