Johann Christian Müller (musician)

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Johann Christian Müller (born January 18, 1749 in Niedersohland ; † November 4, 1796 in Leipzig ) was a German violinist , harpsichordist , fortepianist and composer .

Live and act

Müller's father was the gardener Christian Müller in Niedersohland. He received his school education in Budissin , Zittau and Lauban . In 1769 he was appointed prefect to Lauban in order to better organize the choir there. During this time, Müller had an influential effect on the musical culture in the "Six City" and finally decided entirely for music. In 1778 he moved to Leipzig, where he was accepted into Breitkopf's house and began studying at the university on October 20, 1779 . During this time Johann Adam Hiller took him on as a violinist in his orchestra. From 1781 Müller was verifiably the first violinist and wing player of the orchestra in the great concert and theater . He also composed melodies for the Franklin glass harmonica . Müller was a co-founder and fiscal manager of the orchestra pension fund. The Gewandhaus musician died on November 4th, 1796.

Works

In 1788 Müller published "Instructions for self-teaching on the accordion" with Siegfried Leberecht Crusius in Leipzig. He also set Friedrich Schiller's “ Ode to Joy ” and in 1790 Ludwig von Wildungen 's Jägerlieder to music.

It is possible that he is identical to the "JC Müller" who had "6 trios for flute, violin and bass" engraved in Amsterdam in 1776 .

literature

  • Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund: Continuation and addition to Christian Gottlieb Jöcher's general lexico of scholars, Volume 5, Heyse, Bremen 1816, p. 84
  • Gustav Schilling: Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, Volume 5, Stuttgart 1840, p. 48
  • Hans-Rainer Jung: The Gewandhaus Orchestra. Its members and its history since 1743, Leipzig, 2006, ISBN 3-936618-86-0 , p. 41

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Christian Müller on biogramme.de, accessed on January 19, 2017
  2. ↑ digitized version
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist, harpsichordist, fortepianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH Niedersohland
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1796
Place of death Leipzig