Christian Cannabich

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Christian Cannabich

Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich (baptized December 28, 1731 in Mannheim ; † January 20, 1798 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German violinist , conductor , composer and important representative of the Mannheim School .

Most often he is called Christian Cannabich (sometimes also Canabich ). Together with Johann Stamitz , his predecessor as Mannheim chief conductor, he was one of the pioneers of the Viennese classical music and it was also who looked after the young Mozart during his one-year stay in 1777/78 and discussed the development of German opera with him .

Life

Cannabich, a son of the composer and flautist Martin Friedrich Cannabich , joined the famous Mannheim court orchestra under Johann Stamitz, who became his teacher, at the age of 12. He quickly rose to become concertmaster. Elector Karl Theodor von der Pfalz allowed him to study in Italy between 1750 and 1753, where he worked with Niccolò Jommelli . After Stamitz's death in 1757, he took over the position of Kapellmeister and thus became director of the most famous orchestra at the time. His predecessor's sons, Carl and Anton Stamitz, were his students. As a representative of the younger Mannheim generation, he had a great influence on the later work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his contemporaries.

In 1759 he married Marie Elisabeth de la Motte , a valet of the Duchess of Zweibrücken. Through the contacts of the Duke of Zweibrücken, Cannabich's works were performed in Paris in 1764 ; during this time he lived in the duke's palace. In 1766 he traveled to Paris for the second time and was given the opportunity to publish six symphonies and six trios. After 1766, most of his works were printed in Paris. During a further stay in the French capital he appeared as a soloist at the Concerts Spirituels .

After Elector Karl Theodor was appointed Elector of Bavaria in 1778 and had to move his residence to Munich , Cannabich also took over the direction of instrumental music in Munich. His house was always open to musicians. Along with numerous others, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived in his house in 1777 and gave Cannabich's daughter Rosine piano lessons; he dedicated the Piano Sonata No. 7 KV 309 to her . In a letter to his father, Mozart noted “I cannot describe what a good friend Cannabich is for me” . After 1790, Cannabich's salary was cut to a third, so he went on several concert tours to improve his income. He died in Frankfurt am Main in 1798 while visiting his son Carl , who was also a composer.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Clive Unger-Hamilton, Neil Fairbairn, Derek Walters; German arrangement: Christian Barth, Holger Fliessbach, Horst Leuchtmann, et al .: The music - 1000 years of illustrated music history . Unipart-Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-8122-0132-1 , p. 89 .
  2. ↑ hebis portal .
personal data
SURNAME Cannabich, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cannabich, Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura; Canabich, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH baptized December 28, 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1798
Place of death Frankfurt am Main