Johann Friedrich Lampe (composer)
Johann Friedrich Lampe (Anglicized John Frederick Lampe ; * 1703 probably in Saxony , † July 25, 1751 in Edinburgh ) was a German-British composer and bassoonist.
Life
Little is known about Lampe's youth and education. Apparently he had connections to the Katharinen School in Braunschweig ; according to his own statements, he studied music in Helmstedt .
In 1725, Lampe came to London , where he was employed as a bassoonist in the King's Theater , where most of the (Italian) operas by George Frideric Handel were performed at that time . Demonstrable he also played the built for Handel Thomas Jr. Stanesby double bassoon .
From 1730, Lampe wrote the music for the pantomimes at the Covent Garden Theater for John Rich (1692–1761) , and in 1732 his first (English-language) opera Amelia on a libretto by Henry Carey . With him he also wrote his by far most successful work in 1737, the opera parody The Dragon of Wantley , which received more contemporary performances than Gays Beggar’s Opera . One sequel, Margery, or A Worse Plague than the Dragon, had less success. Lampe continued to write comic and satirical operas for Covent Garden, including a setting of Shakespeare's version of Pyramus and Thisbe in 1745 . In 1740 his musical pantomime Colombine courtezan with a text written by Kitty Clive had a success in London at the Theater Royal, Drury Lane .
In 1738 or 1739, Lampe married the singer Isabella Young, a sister-in-law of Thomas Arnes , with whom he played several concert programs. In 1740 their son Charles John Frederick Lampe was born, who was also active as a composer and organist. With his family he went on several tours where concerts were given, mostly the Dragon of Wantley. In 1748/49 the Lampes were in Dublin, in 1750 they moved from there to Edinburgh. It was here that Lampe died of a fever and was buried in Canongate Churchyard , where his tombstone can still be seen today.
Lampe's work focuses on the English-language parodies of the Italian opera business, which was successful at the time, and which bore the generic names Burlesque Opera or Mock Opera . He also provided the music for several pantomimes as well as some drama music. In addition to the almost 30 pieces of music for the stage, he wrote a transverse flute concert The Cuckoo, various religious hymns (including texts by his friend Charles Wesley ) and a large number of individual songs.
New version
- Der Drache vom Dönberg ( The Dragon of Wantley ), German new version by Johannes Blum, premiere on February 4, 2011 Wuppertaler Bühnen in the Small Theater, directed by Iwona Jera .
literature
- Friedrich Blume (Ed.): Music in the past and present . Volume 8., Munich, Kassel a. a. 1989, ISBN 3-423-05913-3 , p. 151 f.
Web links
- Works by Johann Friedrich Lampe in the catalog of the German National Library
- List of stage works by Johann Friedrich Lampe (composer) based on the MGG in Operone
- Sheet music and audio files by John Frederick Lampe in the International Music Score Library Project
- Duet from The Dragon of Wantley from an Austrian performance in Helfenberg on Youtube
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Clive Unger-Hamilton, Neil Fairbairn, Derek Walters; German arrangement: Christian Barth, Holger Fliessbach, Horst Leuchtmann, et al .: The music - 1000 years of illustrated music history . Unipart-Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-8122-0132-1 , p. 81 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lamp, Johann Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lamp, John Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1703 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1751 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |