Israel Gottlieb Wernicke
Israel Gottlieb Wernicke (born February 2, 1755 in Bergen , Norway ; † March 3, 1836 in Jordrup near Kolding , Denmark ) was a Danish-Norwegian composer and harpsichordist .
Life
Wernicke, who was a student of Johann Philipp Kirnberger , worked primarily in Copenhagen , where he was court and opera conductor at the royal theater from 1781 to 1786 . He later moved to Kolding and worked here as a teacher and highly respected music theorist . He wrote mainly canons and piano works, u. a. a large-scale work of variations : Arietta con 50 variazioni per il clavicembalo . Many of his works were destroyed by the fire at Christiansborg Palace in 1794 .
The special importance of Wernicke lies in the fact that he stood in the authentic Bach tradition and was thus able to arouse the interest of many Danish and Norwegian musicians in Bach.
literature
- Øystein Gaukstad: Israel Gottlieb Wernicke. En norsk baroque composer . In: Norsk musikkgransknings årbok , 1951–1953. Oslo 1953, pp. 135-142.
- C. Thrane: Wernicke, Israel Gottlieb . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 18 : Ubbe – Wimpffen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1904, p. 416 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ C. Thrane: Wernicke, Israel Gottlieb . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 18 : Ubbe – Wimpffen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1904, p. 416 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wernicke, Israel Gottlieb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1836 |
| Place of death | Jordrup near Kolding , Denmark |