Johann Gottfried Bergmann

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Johann Gottfried Bergmann (born May 10, 1795 in Reichenbach near Königsbrück , † July 4, 1831 in Dresden ) was a royal Saxon court actor and opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Born to poor parents and unable to practice a trade due to an accident in his childhood, Johann Gottfried Bergmann had to contribute to his living from an early age. However, he attended school and was promoted in the field of music by his father, who was a master of the violin. After hearing a polyphonic choir for the first time at a fair, he prepared as best he could privately to be accepted into the Dresden Singing Choir. His father believed that he could only finance training at a teacher training college, but with the intercession of the local pastor, with whom he had had Latin lessons, Bergmann was able to take an entrance examination at the Kreuzschule and was accepted there. During the six years of school that he spent there, he suffered material hardship and suffered several serious illnesses. Out of poverty he finally decided to become a schoolmaster after all and learned to play the organ for this purpose. On October 15, 1814, he was appointed cantor in Senftenberg . In September 1816, thanks to his beautiful tenor voice, he received an engagement at the royal Saxon court theater in Dresden; the singer Miksch and the actor Joseph Anton Christ trained him further in their subjects. Court actor Christ also became Bergmann's father-in-law on October 23, 1821; Demoiselle Henriette Christ also belonged to the court theater.

Johann Gottfried Bergmann's preferred roles included the Pylades in Iphigenie on Tauris , Florestan in Fidelio and Octavio in Don Juan . In an outline of his life in the Neue Nekrolog der Deutschen , his melting tenor voice was praised, although it was more suitable for performing songs than for singing bravura arias. His appearance was "not beneficial for the stage", but "his tall, slim figure, his decency and other good posture" ensured that it was at least "not disturbing".

literature

  • Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voight: Johann Gottfried Bergmann . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen… 9th year, part 1. BF Voigt, Ilmenau 1833, p. 593-598 ( books.google.de ).
  • Heinrich Ferdinand Mannstein : Memories of the electoral and royal court music in Dresden in the 18th and 19th centuries: According to secret papers and communications. Contains: Life pictures of Joh. Mieksch and his students: Alphonso Zesi, Bergmann, Schröder-Devrient, Agnes Schebest, Naumann, Carl Maria v. Weber, Morlacchi, Benelli etc. Heinrich Mattes, Leipzig 1863 ( MDZ Reader ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ These life dates are taken from the New Nekrolog der Deutschen ; Like VIAF, the DNB has set the birth of Bergmann 30 years earlier. But what is clearly meant is the same person. See also the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition. Digital edition, weber- Gesamtausgabe.de (Version 1.3 from December 19, 2014) and other sources on Bergmann.
  2. ↑ Miksch, Johann Aloys . In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens , Hansjörg Rost (eds.): Large singer lexicon . 4th, enlarged and updated edition. tape 5 : Menni – Rappold . Walter De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2004, ISBN 3-598-44088-X , p. 3122 ( books.google.com ).
  3. ↑ In memoriam - birthdays in March 2015 on der-neue-merker.eu
  4. ↑ The German Court Theater . In: Dresden address calendar for the year ... Dresden 1820, p. 17 ( books.google.com ).
  5. ^ Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voight: Johann Gottfried Bergmann . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen… 9th year, part 1. BF Voigt, Ilmenau 1833, p. 593-598 , here p. 598, center ( books.google.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Bergmann, Johann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon court actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenbach / OL
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1831
Place of death Dresden