Johan Daniel Berlin

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Johan Daniel Berlin (1786)

Johan Daniel Berlin (born May 12, 1714 in Memel , † November 4, 1787 in Trondheim , Norway ) was a Danish-Norwegian composer and organist .

Life

Johan Daniel Berlin was an apprentice to the Copenhagen town musician Andreas Berg from 1730 to 1737 . From 1737 to 1767 he worked as town musician in Trondheim, where he took up the position of cathedral organist in 1740. He became the father of nine children, three of whom were to follow in their father's footsteps and work as musicians.

Berlin is probably one of the strangest characters in the history of the city of Trondheim. He organized concerts, composed, wrote in 1744 the first musical textbook in Danish ( Musikaliske Elementer ), 1765 published a treatise on musical mood , worked as a map draftsman , architect , head of the fire department and as an inspector of the 1777 waterworks founded. He belonged to a group of scholars, Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab , in whose publications he reported on meteorological and astronomical observations. He constructed musical instruments such as a "Viola da Gamba Claveer" (1746) and a still preserved monochord (1752).

Johan Daniel Berlin was a prolific composer, but few works have survived. These are three symphonies for orchestra (all in D major ), a violin concerto in A major , small pieces for harpsichord and a sonatina in D minor , which was published in Augsburg in 1751 .

His son Johan Henrich Berlin (1741–1807) also became a composer and organist.

literature

  • Johan Daniel Berlin: The Collected Works of Johan Daniel Berlin. ed. by Bjarne Kortsen. editio norvegica, Bergen 1977.
  • Karl Dahlback: Rokokkomusikk i trøndersk miljø. Johan Henrich Berlin (1741-1807). In: Norsk musikkgranskning. Årbok, 1954-1956 (1956), ZDB -ID 401397-9 , pp. 137-274.
  • Bjarne Kortsen: The music of Johan Daniel Berlin . editio norvegica, Bergen 1984.
  • Kari Michelsen (Ed.): Johan Daniel Berlin 1714–1787. Universal genius in Trondheim . (= Ringve Museum script. 4). Strindheim trykkeriets forlag, Trondheim 1987, ISBN 82-90551-43-6 .
  • JD Berlin . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 2 : Beccau – Brandis . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1888, p. 130 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Christopher Hogwood : The Copenhagen Connection: Resources for Clavichord Players in 18th Century Denmark. In: Fund og Forskning. Volume 46 (2007), pp. 105-143.
  2. ↑ In 1767 a German version was published in Leipzig under the title: "Instructions for tonometry, or How to use the logarithm. Calculation according to the geometric progression calculation, the so-called equal-floating musical temperature can easily and quickly calculate; along with a lesson on the monochordum invented and established in 1752 ”. FC Pelt, Copenhagen / Leipzig 1767.
personal data
SURNAME Berlin, Johan Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish-Norwegian composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1714
PLACE OF BIRTH Memel
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1787
Place of death Trondheim , Norway