Johann Heinrich Egli (composer)
Johann Heinrich Egli (born March 4, 1742 in Seegräben (Canton of Zurich), † December 19, 1810 in Zurich ) was a Swiss composer and music teacher . He was one of the most important representatives of the Wetziker School .
Life
Johann Heinrich Egli came from a family in the Zurich countryside. He received his first musical lessons from the pastor and song composer Johann Schmidlin. From 1760 he lived in Zurich, where he autodidactically studied the works of Johann Philipp Kirnberger , Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach . He made a name for himself in Zurich as a teacher of piano and singing; Among other things, he also taught his friend Johann Jakob Walder , who was eight years his junior . Egli also played at the Zurich Collegium musicum . His friends included Hans Georg Nägeli , Johann Caspar Lavater and the priest of poets, Jakob Hess . Egli set a number of primarily patriotic texts by Lavater to music.
Works (selection)
- Swiss songs by different authors, as a second part for Mr. Lavater's Swiss songs. Set to music by Joh. Heinrich Egli. 1787. (50 songs, librettist Johann Caspar Lavater )
- Swiss songs with melodies. 2 vols. David Bürkli, Zurich 1796–1798 ( digitized version ).
- Songs of wisdom and virtue. Bürkli, Zurich 1811.
- Editing
- Musical flower picking for lovers of singing and piano. 2. Vol., 1786, 1789. With songs by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, among others
literature
- Jacob Achilles Mähly : Egli, Johann Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 678.
- Hans Peter Schanzlin: Egli, Johann Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 339 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Nicole Kurmann: Egli, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Works by Johann Heinrich Egli at e-rara
- Sheet music and audio files by Johann Heinrich Egli in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Egli: Songs. In the virtual exhibition of the Zurich Central Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egli, Johann Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Egli, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1742 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seegräben (Canton of Zurich) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1810 |
| Place of death | Zurich |