Thank God Harrer

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(Johann) Gottlob Harrer (born May 8, 1703 in Görlitz , † July 9, 1755 in Leipzig ) was a German composer and Thomas Cantor .

Life

Harrer attended high school in Görlitz. After the father's death in 1716, the family moved to Dresden in 1719 . From 1722 Harrer studied medicine at the University of Leipzig , but soon turned to music.

Around 1730 Harrer became a member of the Electoral Saxon and Royal Polish Chapel . From 1733 he worked in the chapel of Count Heinrich von Brühl . From 1738 to 1741 he toured Italy . After his return he was appointed Kapellmeister by Count Brühl . With Brühl's help, after Johann Sebastian Bach's death in 1750 , Harrer was appointed to his successor as Thomaskantor in Leipzig.

Works

Most of the lost works are listed in the Breitkopf catalogs from 1761–1769.

Latin sacred works, mainly from 1731–50

for SATB choir and obligatory orchestra, unless otherwise stated

  • Missa a capella in F major with orchestra colla parte
  • Mass in D major, 1735
  • Magnificat in G major for double choir and orchestra
  • Miserere in C minor
  • Domine ad adjuvandum ( Psalm 70 ) in A major with orchestra colla parte
  • Domine ad adjuvandum (Psalm 70) in A minor
  • Dixit Dominus ( Psalm 110 ) in F major
  • Beatus vir (Psalm 112) in B flat major
  • 2 Kyrie fugues for SSATB choir with orchestra colla parte
  • Kyrie in C minor / C major and Sanctus in F major

Oratorios and passions

German sacred music, mainly around 1750–1755

  • The rich man died and was buried, cantata. Leipzig, three swans on the Brühl, June 8th 1749, lost
  • A yearly cycle of 48 cantatas, lost
  • My heart is ready, motet. In JA Hiller: Four-part motets and arias in score, II (Leipzig, 1777), edited by PM Young (New York, 1976)
  • God is my hoard, text: CF Gellert, Fuge, SSATB, with orchestra colla parte
  • Bellintes was still living in its prime, secular cantata for soprano and orchestra, lost

Instrumental works

  • 27 symphonies, including 7 lost
  • Symphony in D major for two oboes, two horns, bassoon, two violins, viola and bass
  • Symphony in D major for two horns, two violins, viola and bass
  • 38 partitas for different instruments, lost
  • 1 partita
  • 3 harpsichord sonatas
  • 51 duets for two recorders, lost
  • 2 harpsichord concerts, lost
  • 1 flute concerto, lost
  • 2 violin concertos, lost
  • Catafalco in musica for two horns, verrilon, clarinet, three oboes, bassoon, two violins, viola and bass, lost
  • 2 sonatas for oboe, violin and bass, lost
  • 1 sonata for two oboes and bassoon, lost
  • 2 sonatas for viola d'amore , violin and bass, lost
  • 2 sonatas for viola d'amore and bass, lost
  • Quartet for carillon , two violins and bass, lost
  • Quartet for flute, two violins and bass, lost

Theoretical works

  • Specimen contrapuncti duplicis in octava etiam in decimam convertibilis et manentibus semper eisdem figuris a duobus, tribus et quatuor vocibus elaboratum a Gottlob Harrero.

literature

Web links

Commons : Gottlob Harrer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The addition Johann goes back to Arnold Schering. It only appears in the Leipzig corpse book from 1766. Kollmar, Harrer , p. 28.
  2. ↑ Ernst Ludwig Gerber states that Harrer died in 1754 in Carlsbade , where he had traveled because of his health .
personal data
SURNAME Harrer, thank God
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harrer, Johann Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and Thomas Cantor
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1755
Place of death Leipzig