Georg Adam Kress

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Georg Adam Kreß (born June 22, 1744 in Fellen ; † July 26, 1788 in Langenprozelten ) was a German schoolmaster, cantor and composer .

Life

Born in 1744 in Fellen, Lower Franconia, Georg Adam Kreß was married to Margaretha Kallenbach (1746–1789) on September 30, 1765. He worked as a schoolmaster, cantor and composer of piano pieces in Neustadt am Main . At that time the place was famous for its Benedictine monastery and the church music of Father Peregrin Pögl (1711–1788).

In the period from October 1777 to March 1778, Kreß met Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his likely visit from Father Pögl and Neustadt. The foreword to the piano sonatas published in 1942 speaks of a "happy, musically stimulating get-together between Mozart and Georg Adam Kreß [...]".

In 1779 Kreß moved to Langenprozelten as a schoolmaster, where he died in 1788.

literature

  • Sieglinde Kreß (Ed.): Piano exercises by the Franconian village schoolmaster Georg Adam Kreß. Grades. Schott, Mainz 1942
  • Georg Adam Kreß: Classical Exercise Pieces for Piano. Schott, Mainz 1981

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Link: Monastery Book of the Diocese of Würzburg. Vol. 1. Würzburg 1873; P. 257
  2. ^ Foreword to: Piano exercises by the Franconian village schoolmaster Georg Adam Kreß. Mainz 1942
personal data
SURNAME Kress, Georg Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German schoolmaster, cantor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Skins
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1788
Place of death Langenprozelten