Christian Gottlob August Bergt

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Christian Gottlob August Bergt (born June 17, 1772 in Oederan near Freiberg , † February 10, 1837 in Budissin , today Bautzen ) was a German organist and composer .

Life

Bergt was born as the son of the town musician in Oederan. In 1784 he came to the Kreuzschule in Dresden . From 1791 he studied Protestant theology at the University of Leipzig . After passing his exam in 1794, he was first tutor for the children of the superintendent at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. At the same time he studied music and was appointed organist at the St. Petri Cathedral in Bautzen in 1802 and soon afterwards also as a music teacher at the local teachers' college. He held these positions until his death.

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Bergt's extensive work, which has only partially appeared in print, includes both secular and sacred music, the latter having the greater aftereffect and in some cases is still performed today. Due to the character of the Bautzen Cathedral as a simultaneous church , Bergt created works of both Protestant and Catholic church music.

Operas / operettas

  • The serenade
  • The poet's birthday
  • Laura and Fernando
  • Cunning against cunning
  • Rübezahl
  • Erwin and Elmire
  • The compassion
  • The miracle cure

Spiritual works

  • Passion Oratorio
  • Oratory Pauli Conversion
  • Cantatas
  • Easter hymn Christ is risen
  • Our father
  • Te Deum
  • Choral melodies for the Dresden hymnbook
  • requiem
  • Mass in D major for three-part SAB choir, two violins and organ

Instrumental music

  • Symphonies, sonatas, concerts, organ pieces, dances, variations
  • eight books of trios with piano
  • Entertainments for organ players (15 variations for organ), Sonat-Verlag , Kleinmachnow 1998/2012.

Fonts

  • Something about the chorale and its accessories. 1832
  • Correspondence between an old and a young schoolmaster on all kinds of musical matters, with a biography. Published by Hering, 1838 (posthumous)

literature

  • Michael Breugst: Christian Gottlob August Bergt: Studies on life and work. With a catalog raisonné. Olms, Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 2001, ISBN 3-487-11542-5 (Studies and materials on musicology; Vol. 24, zugl .: Münster (Westphalia), Univ., Diss., 1999)
  • Arrey von Dommer:  Bergt, Christian Gottlob August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 398.

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personal data
SURNAME Bergt, Christian Gottlob August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mountain, August; Bergt, August Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Oederan
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1837
Place of death Budissin (Bautzen)