Johann Anton Coberg

Johann Anton Coberg (* 1650 probably in Rodenberg ; † 1708 in Berlin ) was a German composer , court organist and harpsichordist .

Life

Johann Anton Coberg moved to Hanover at a young age and was probably a student of Clamor Heinrich Abel and Nicolaus Adam Strungk . In 1668 he joined the Hanover court orchestra. He became the first organist of the Neustädter Church and later from 1681 court organist of Duke Ernst August . At the suggestion of Agostino Steffani , he was also entrusted with the musical education of the ducal family, such as that of the later Prussian Queen Sophie Charlotte , who particularly valued him. Sophie Charlotte also arranged for Coberg to be sent several times to the Prussian court for stays of several months. During the last of these stays he died of a stroke and was buried in Berlin.

Coberg wrote church music, pieces for orchestra, organ and harpsichord. His estate passed into the possession of his nephew, the cantor CA Heinert in Minden . Most of his works seem to have been lost, including the figured bass rules mentioned by Johann Mattheson , including a brief exercise in dissonances .

Coberg's daughter Sophia Margaretha married the Hanoverian organ builder Christian Vater in 1709 .

In 2013 Coberg was honored with the installation of a bronze sculpture created by Ewald Rumpf in the garden of Rotenburg Castle . However, the assumption that Coberg was born in Rotenburg was probably a historical error due to an incorrect source.

literature

Axel Fischer: Johann Anton Coberg. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 4 (Camarella - Couture). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1114-4 , Sp. 1285–1286 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Wulf Konold (Ges.-Red.): The Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover 1636 to 1986 . Edited by Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover GmbH. Schlueter, Hannover 1986, ISBN 3-87706-041-2 , p. 174.
Johann Mattheson : Basis of an honor gate. Hamburg 1740. Reprint: Liepmannssohn, Berlin 1910, p. 37 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
Gustav Schilling : Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst, Volume 2. Köhler, Stuttgart 1840, p. 267 f. ( Digitized in the Google book search).
Dorothea Schröder : Coberg, Johann Anton. In: New Grove . Volume 6, 2001, ISBN 1-56159-239-0 , p. 71.
Hugo Thielen : COBERG (also Koberg), Johann Anton . In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 85 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Hugo Thielen: Coberg (also Koberg), Johann Anton. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 115.

Web links

Publications by and about Johann Anton Coberg in VD 17 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Honor by mistake: The composer Coberg is probably not a son of Rotenburg. In: HNA. July 28, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 .
^ Heinrich Sievers: Hannoversche Musikgeschichte . Schneider, Tutzing 1979, ISBN 3-7952-0282-5 , pp. 85 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Heinrich Sievers: The music in Hanover . Sponholtz, Hannover 1961, p. 48 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ John Denison Champlin, William Foster Apthorp (ed.): Cyclopedia of music and musicians . tape 1 : Abaco-Dyne. C. Scribner's sons, New York 1888, p. 336 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Linda Maria Koldau : Women - Music - Culture: a handbook on the German language area of the early modern period . Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-412-24505-4 , pp. 212 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Albert Ernest Wier: The Macmillan encyclopedia of music and musicians . Macmillan, London 1938, pp. 353 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Johann Mattheson: Basis of an honor gate. Hamburg 1740, p. 37 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
↑ Reinhard Skupnik: The Hanoverian organ builder Christian Vater 1679–1756 . Bärenreiter, Kassel / Basel 1976, ISBN 3-7618-0543-8 , p. 7 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Bronze figure church musician . Website of the city of Rotenburg an der Fulda, accessed on August 4, 2020.
^ New sculpture at the palace: Historical Rotenburg musician. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine , June 26, 2013. Accessed on February 19, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Coberg, Johann Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer, court organist and harpsichordist
DATE OF BIRTH	1650
PLACE OF BIRTH	uncertain: Rodenberg
DATE OF DEATH	1708
Place of death	Berlin

[HNA-1] Honor by mistake: The composer Coberg is probably not a son of Rotenburg. In: HNA. July 28, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 .

[Sievers-1979-2] Heinrich Sievers: Hannoversche Musikgeschichte . Schneider, Tutzing 1979, ISBN 3-7952-0282-5 , pp. 85 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Sievers-1961-3] Heinrich Sievers: The music in Hanover . Sponholtz, Hannover 1961, p. 48 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Cyclopedia-4] John Denison Champlin, William Foster Apthorp (ed.): Cyclopedia of music and musicians . tape 1 : Abaco-Dyne. C. Scribner's sons, New York 1888, p. 336 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Linda_Maria_Koldau-5] Linda Maria Koldau : Women - Music - Culture: a handbook on the German language area of the early modern period . Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-412-24505-4 , pp. 212 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Albert_Ernest_Wier-6] Albert Ernest Wier: The Macmillan encyclopedia of music and musicians . Macmillan, London 1938, pp. 353 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[7] Johann Mattheson: Basis of an honor gate. Hamburg 1740, p. 37 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).

[Reinhard_Skupnik-8] Reinhard Skupnik: The Hanoverian organ builder Christian Vater 1679–1756 . Bärenreiter, Kassel / Basel 1976, ISBN 3-7618-0543-8 , p. 7 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[9] Bronze figure church musician . Website of the city of Rotenburg an der Fulda, accessed on August 4, 2020.

[10] New sculpture at the palace: Historical Rotenburg musician. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine , June 26, 2013. Accessed on February 19, 2014.