Iwan Müller (musician)

Ivan Muller

Iwan Müller (born December 3, 1786 in Reval , Russian Empire , † February 4, 1854 in Bückeburg ) was a German clarinetist , composer and instrument maker who made great contributions to the further development of his instrument.

Life

Müller was born to German parents in Reval and around 1805 was employed as a chamber musician in St. Petersburg . In 1809 he went to Paris and built an instrument factory there, which in 1812 brought a new type of "Clarinette omnitonique" with 13 airtight keys onto the market for the first time. While the old flaps had a simple tilt mechanism and a felt pad so that they never really closed perfectly, Müller developed the spoon flap with a leather pad and sunk the holes with a raised, conical ring, the Zwirl , as is still common today . In addition, he was the first to attach the leaf with an adjustable metal ring. Due to a negative report from the Paris Conservatoire Müller's factory went bankrupt, but his innovation caught on after just a few years.

In 1820 Müller left Paris again to go to Russia . Three years later he turned to Germany and found a job , first in Kassel and, in 1825, in Berlin . In 1826 he traveled to Switzerland , in the spring of 1828 he can be traced back to Vienna , later in London and after the July Revolution of 1830 again in Paris. Most recently he was court musician of Prince Georg Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe in Bückeburg.

Müller is also considered the inventor of the modern alto clarinet.

Works

• Three fantasies after cavatins by Gioachino Rossini for clarinet and piano op.27
• Le rêve for clarinet and piano op.73
• Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra; Bonn: Simrock, around 1811
• Siciliano et Rondeau for clarinet, two violins, viola, double bass, flute, two oboes, two horns and two bassoons; Offenbach: André, 1818
• Duo concertant Souvenir de Dobbéran for clarinet, horn (ad lib. Basset horn or 2nd clarinet) and piano
• Gamme pour la nouvelle clarinette . Berlin, Bonn 1812 (clarinet school)
• Six flute concerts
• Concertante for two clarinets
• Three quartets for clarinet, violin, viola and violoncello

literature

• Martin Lücke: Iwan Müller . In: Ludwig Finscher (Ed.): MGG . tape 12 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 2004, Sp. 794-795 .
• Eduard Bernsdorf , New Universal Encyclopedia of Music Art , Volume 2, Dresden 1857, p. 1063 ( digitized version )
• Hermann Mendel and August Reissmann , Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon , Volume 7, Berlin 1877, pp. 196f. ( Digitized version )

Recordings

• Chamber music, NAXOS, 2012 (Friederike Roth, Erika le Roux, Wenzel Fuchs, Beronlina Ensemble)
• four clarinet concerts , MDG , 2014 (Friederike Roth, Johannes Gmeinder, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Cottbus State Theater , Evan Christ)

Web links

Commons : Iwan Müller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sheet music and audio files by Iwan Müller (musician) in the International Music Score Library Project