Carl Heinrich Meyer (composer)

Carl Heinrich Meyer (born July 14, 1784 in Buchholz , † July 7, 1837 in Leipzig ) was a German violist and member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra .

Life

Meyer was initially an apprentice to his father, the Annaberg master baker and town musician. In 1801 he went to the Stadtmusicus Schnorr in Eisenberg in Condition, where he received lessons in basso continuo from the local organist and self-taught as a musician.

After stays in Gera and Ronnebur, he went to the Stadtmusicus Maurer in Leipzig in 1805 and was employed as a proofreader in the Kühnel music shop in 1806, where he also did a lot to improve the engraving. In 1809 or 1810 he became music director at “Nitzschke's” and later “Günther's traveling theater company”. When he returned to Leipzig, he was employed as a violist in the orchestra and played in the quartets of the concert master Matthäi.

Later he only got by with correction jobs and lived in poverty. He died completely impoverished in 1837.

Compositions

He wrote three operas (“Feodore”; “Moses”; “Faust von Klingemann”), a large symphony, several church works for the Pauliner Männerverein, several concerts for the trombonists Friedrich August Belcke and Karl Traugott Queisser , a ballet (“The rural Tomorrow"). He also wrote some pieces for wind instruments. His harmony music was popular in his time. Several collections for military choirs, e.g. B. marches u. like., have been printed. He was even more popular as a dance composer from 1816 to around 1826, the Strauss of his time. 26 collections of dances were printed 26.

literature

• General musical newspaper . August 1837.