Christian Ludwig Meyer (organist)
Christian Ludwig Meyer (also: Ludwig Meyer and Louis Meyer as well as Christian Louis Meyer ; baptized February 17, 1736 in Hanover ; † 1790 ibid) was a German musician, pianist and organist .
Life
Christian Ludwig Meyer was born at the time of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg during the personal union between Great Britain and Hanover in 1736 and was baptized as a Christian.
Meyer, who was friends with the Hanoverian archivist Johann Christian Kestner (1741-1800), got a job as a pianist in the Royal Electoral Orchestra of Hanover in 1765. Around two years later he also took over the duties of the palace organist in the palace church of the Leineschloss .
literature
- Alfred Schröcker : “In der Tärtlichkeit.” From the youth of the Hanoverian palace organist Christian Ludwig Meyer (1736–1790) . In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series Volume 66 (2012), pp. 119-137
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c o. V .: Meyer, Christian Ludwig in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of January 8, 2013, last accessed on April 23, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Christian Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Ludwig; Meyer, Christian Louis; Meyer, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician, Royal British and Electoral Hanoverian pianist and palace organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized February 17, 1736 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1790 |
| Place of death | Hanover |