Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz

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Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz (born October 22, 1761 in Owen near Kirchheim unter Teck , † August 20, 1799 in Stuttgart ) was a German composer .

Life

He was the eldest son of Johannes Eidenbenz (1737-1815), Preceptor in Owen, and his wife Johanna Christiana geb. Loew (1724-1772). Eidenbenz received his music education from 1776 to 1784 as a pupil of the Karlsschule , roughly at the same time as Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg and Friedrich Schiller . As early as 1782 he became a violist and alto at the Stuttgart court theater of Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg . Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz composed ballet music, songs and many small piano pieces. On February 8, 1789, he married Rosine Justine Ziegler, daughter of the body grenadier Johannes Ziegler, in Stuttgart.

Eidenbenz suffered from alcoholism. In early 1799 this led to his untimely death.

With Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart and Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg , he is one of the representatives of the Swabian song school that was flourishing in those years .

Works

  • Collection of new piano pieces with singing for the German woman, Berlin 1783/84
  • 24 easy piano amusements, Stuttgart 1793
  • 3 Duetti à 2 Flauti, op. 5, Heilbronn a. Offenbach 1795
  • 12 easy piano pieces, Leipzig 1796
  • Melodies for the paperback for Friends of Singing, Stuttgart 1796
  • 12 songs with piano accompaniment, Leipzig 1798
  • Numerous individual prints and male choir arrangements of songs, e.g. Sometimes with new texts

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SURNAME Eidenbenz, Johann Christian Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Owen near Kirchheim unter Teck
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1799
Place of death Stuttgart