Christian Gottfried Krause
Christian Gottfried Krause (baptized April 17, 1719 in Winzig , Duchy of Wohlau ; † May 4, 1770 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer, composer and music writer.
Life
Krause was born into a musical family. His father was a town piper and Christian Gottfried learned from him to play the flute , violin , piano and timpani . Krause studied law at the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt in Frankfurt an der Oder , where he heard lectures from Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , among others . Baumgarten's conception of aesthetics had a great influence on Krause. In 1746 he went to Berlin.
His writing On Musical Poetry (1753) marked the beginning of the First Berlin Song School .
Musical works
- Praised be the Lord ( cantata ) 1758
- The death of Jesus ( cantata , text by Karl Wilhelm Ramler ) 1758
- Odes with Melodies 1761
- The funny schoolmaster (Singspiel, text by Friedrich Nicolai ) 1766
- Songs of the Germans with melodies in four volumes 1767-8
In addition, he composed chamber music, piano works and symphonies, some of which have been preserved. References to lost works can be found in catalogs from the 18th century.
Literary works
- Lettre à Mr. le Marquis de B. sur la difference de la Musique Italienne et la musique Francaise 1748
- From Musical Poetry 1752
literature
- Josef Beaujean : Christian Gottfried Krause. His life and personality in relation to the musical problems of the 18th century as an esthete and musician . Inaugural dissertation from the University of Bonn. Dillingen a. D .: Swabian publishing house printer 1930.
- Darrell M. Berg: The Correspondence of Christian Gottfried Krause: A Music Lover in the Age of Sensibility . Ashgate 2009. ISBN 978-0-7546-6429-1
- Paul F. Marks: The Rhetorical Element in Musical Storm and Drang: Christian Gottfried Krause's "From Musical Poetry" . International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music 2 (1971), pp. 49-64.
- John Richard Edwards: Christian Gottfried Krause: mentor of the first Berlin song school . 1973.
- Karsten Mackensen: Krause, Christian Gottfried. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 10 (Kemp - Lert). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1120-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Web links
- Works by and about Christian Gottfried Krause in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Christian Gottfried Krause in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krause, Christian Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, composer and music writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1719 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tiny , Duchy of Wohlau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1770 |
| Place of death | Berlin |