Jakob Greber

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Jakob Greber (buried July 5, 1731 ) was a German baroque composer of the early 18th century.

The date and place of his birth are unknown. His death date is also not certain; in the Grove Dictionary it is stated that he was buried on July 5, 1731 in Mannheim .

Life

In a list of composers that appeared in London in 1709 as a translation of a French publication, Greber is mentioned as a German who had Study'd Composition in Italy . He probably came to England with the Tuscan singer Francesca Margarita de l'Epine , whose appearance was first reported on May 27, 1703. In England he was known as "Signor Giacomo Greber". De l'Epine, apparently Greber's lover, later married Pepusch . On April 9, 1705, Greber's Pastorale Gli amori d'Ergasto was performed at the opening of the newly built Queen's Theater (later King's Theater ) at the Haymarket . This was the first Italian opera to be performed in London. However, the singers' performances do not seem to have been good, the work was unsuccessful. Some time later Greber left London and appeared in 1707 as Kapellmeister to Duke Karl Philipp , the governor of Tyrol, in Innsbruck . Here he composed a Festa teatrale ("Theatrical Festival") entitled L'allegrezza dell 'Eno . The piece was performed in 1708 in honor of Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , who was on the way to Spain to see her husband Archduke Karl in Innsbruck. Gli amori d'Ergasto was probably founded in 1711 to celebrate the accession to the throne of Emperor Charles VI. performed again in Vienna . When Duke Karl Philipp succeeded his older brother Johann Wilhelm, who died in 1716, and became elector of the Palatinate in the same year, he kept Greber in his service. In the court list of 1723 Greber and Johann Hugo von Wilderer are listed as bandmasters who were employed at the same time.

Gli amori d'Ergasto has been preserved as a handwritten score in the Vienna National Library. Six other works for the stage are known by Greber, of which only the libretto has survived, as well as four solo cantatas and one chamber cantata.

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SURNAME Greber, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German baroque composer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH buried July 5, 1731
Place of death Mannheim