Georg Christoph Wagenseil

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Georg Christoph Anton Wagenseil (born January 29, 1715 in Vienna , † March 1, 1777 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer .

Life

He was born in Vienna as the son of an Augsburg merchant family and trained by the court conductor Johann Joseph Fux . Wagenseil composed for the imperial court from 1739 until his death . He was also employed as an organist and harpsichord player for a while. His students included Josef Anton Steffan and Johann Baptist Schenk . He also taught Marie Antoinette to play the piano; Famous is an episode in which the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart plays one of Wagenseils pieces at the imperial court and asks him to turn the pages.

Wagenseil is largely forgotten today, but was a well-known musician of his day - which meant a lot in the times of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , who knew his works. He composed operas , chorales , symphonies , concerts , piano and chamber music . As a composer he belonged to the early Viennese school together with Matthias Georg Monn and Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf . In his over a hundred symphonies he shows himself to be related to the early Haydn and attached to the Mannheim school . In 1777 he died of lung addiction .

He is only distantly related to Johann Christoph Wagenseil and Christian Jacob Wagenseil .

In 1912 Wagenseilgasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after the composer.

Works

Printed works

  • Op. 1: Six Sonates en Trio pour deux Violons et Basse (Paris)
  • Op. 1: Six Sonatas for the Harpsichord with Accompaniment for a Violin (London)
  • Op. 2: Six Sonatas for the Harpsichord with Accompaniment for a Violin (London, ca.1760)
  • 3 Symphony in Sei Symphony, a quattro Partiti obligati con Corni da Caccia ad Libitum delli S.ri Wagenseil è Holzbaur (Paris)
  • 1 Sinfonia in Sei Sinfonie a piu Stromenti intitolate La Melodia Germanica (Paris)
  • 1 Sinfonia in Six Symphonies a quatre Parties obligées avec Hautbois ou Fluttes , et Cors de Chasse (Paris)
  • 1 Overtura in Sei Overture a piu Stromenti (Paris)
  • 1 Sinfonia in Sei Sinfonie a piu Stromenti (Paris)
  • Six Sonatas for two Violins, a Violoncello, or Harpsichord (London)
  • Quatro Concerti per il Clavicimbalo , due Violini e Basso (Paris)
  • Six Concertos for the Harpsichord or Organ with Accompanyments for two Violins and a Bass (London, 1761)

Handwritten works

literature

Web links

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SURNAME Wagenseil, Georg Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagenseil, Georg Christoph Anton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1777
Place of death Vienna