Johann Gottlob Schneider junior

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Memorial plaque on Schneider's birthplace

Johann Gottlob Schneider (born October 28, 1789 in Alt-Gersdorf ; † April 13, 1864 in Dresden ) was a German organist and composer .

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Johann Gottlob Schneider, son of the organist and cantor Johann Gottlob Schneider senior (1753-1840) was trained by his father in piano and organ as well as violin, viola, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and trombone. In 1811 he was appointed singing teacher at the Ratsfreischule and organist at the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig.

During a trip to his homeland in 1812 he got to know the Görlitz "sun organ" . He applied for the vacant position as organist at St. Peter and Paul and was unanimously appointed after an audition. On December 12, 1825, he took up his post as the Royal Saxon Court Organist, which he held until his death. Organ concerts, which he gave in the Sophienkirche and in the Kreuzkirche , belonged to his duties . At the same time he worked as an “instructor for the band boys in music”. He was also director of the Dreyssig Singing Academy .

Schneider had an excellent reputation as an organist ("Organ King") and was a sought-after organ teacher. One of his students was the later Kreuz organist and composer Christian Gottlob Höpner . He was friends with Robert Schumann , and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy recommended him to his students at the Leipzig Conservatory as a teacher.

Schneider left only a few compositions, including the theme with variations in A major , which was long ascribed to the composer Johann Schneider . His brothers Friedrich Schneider and Johann Gottlieb Schneider also became known as musicians.

He was a member of the Masonic lodges to the crowned snake in Görlitz and to the golden apple in Dresden. Schneider died in 1864 and was buried in the Trinity cemetery in Dresden.

Awards

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  • Bearer of the Cross of Honor and
  • Knight

of the Royal Saxon Order of Albrecht .

Works

  • Fantasies and Fugues in C minor
  • Fantasies and Fugues in D minor
  • Evangelical Church Prelude Book
  • Theme with variations in A major

literature

  • Hans Michael Schletterer:  Schneider, Johann Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 129-131.
  • Andreas Sieling: "... one of the greatest organ virtuosos living now". Johann Gottlob Schneider, organist at the Ev. Court Church. In: Matthias Herrmann (ed.): The Dresden church music in the 19th and 20th centuries. Laaber 1998, ISBN 3-89007-331-X , pp. 142–156 (= Music in Dresden 3).
  • Uta Scheffel: On the 150th anniversary of the death of Johann Gottlob Schneider (1789–1864) from Jonsdorf. In: Oberlausitzer Heimatblätter, 43 (2014), pp. 7–12.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article “Schneider, Johann Gottlob” by Hans Michael Schletterer in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, published by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Volume 32 (1891), pp. 129-131.
  2. ^ Address book Dresden 1864; P. 225 column 1; Digitized SLUB Dresden
  3. ↑ Berliner Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung . Verlag der Schlesingerchen Buch- und Musikhandlung, Berlin 1830, Vol. 7, p. 268; Google Books
  4. ^ Address book Dresden, Volume 10, 1864, p. 225
  5. ↑ Declaration of the Orders 1864; Digitized SLUB Dresden
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Johann Gottlob junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Alt-Gersdorf
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1864
Place of death Dresden