Johann Jakob Kress

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Johann Jakob Kress (also Kreß ) (* around 1685 in Walderbach ; † November 6, 1728 in Darmstadt ) was a German composer , violinist and concertmaster .

Life

He was the son of Johann Georg Kress from Walderbach. The family moved to Oettingen when Kress was still young, she is secured there from 1696. In Oettingen Kress attended the Latin school, in addition received a musical education at the expense of Albrecht Ernst Fürst zu Oettingen-Oettingen. Then he got a job in the court orchestra under Kapellmeister Jakob Christian Hertel . From 1712 Kress was a violinist in the court orchestra in Darmstadt. A few years later he was promoted to court concertmaster there. On January 25, 1718, he married Anna Maria Böhler, the daughter of a Darmstadt city councilor. In 1719 the Darmstädter Hof owed 400 florins to Kress, which corresponded to a whole year's salary.

Kress must have had good contacts with Georg Philipp Telemann , since Telemann was the only godfather of his son Georg Philipp Kress (1719–1779) in November 1719 and also from Frankfurt a. M. has traveled to Darmstadt. Contacts must also have existed with Pisendel , since parts of his works can be found in the so-called Schranck No: II collection by Pisendel in Dresden.

Another son Ludwig Albrecht Kress (1718 – after 1740), who was also a musician, is also on record.

plant

  • Concerto á 5 Op. 1 No. 2 in C minor
  • Concerto á 5 Op. 1 No. 6 in C major
  • 6 sonatas for violin and bc (Mus.2201-R-7 of SLUB Dresden)
  • Sonata in G minor for Flauto traverso, Viola da Gamba and Bc (possibly by Telemann)
  • Sonata Da Cammera à A Violino e Basso o Harpsichord Dedicate All'Altezza Reverendissima di Giovanni Filippo Francesco Vescovo di Wurzburg e Duca di Franconia
  • Sonata A Violino E Violone O Harpsichord Dedicate Allaltezza Serenissima Di Ernesto Ludovico Langravio Di Hassia
  • Trios; viola d'amore, fl, cemb, bc; G major
  • Sonatas, Vl, Violone (1730)
  • Sonatas, Vl, Bc (op.5)

Recordings

  • Violin concerts from Darmstadt. Johannes Pramsohler, Darmstädter Barocksolisten, Audax, DDD, 2017.

literature

  • Friedrich Noack: Article by Johann Jakob Kress. in MGG , Volume 7, 1958.
  • Elisabeth Noack: Music history Darmstadt. Schott, Mainz, 1967, p. 182ff.
  • Axel Fischer: The science of art: Johann Nikolaus Forkel as academic music director in Göttingen. (Dissertation), V & R Unipress, Göttingen, 2015, p. 67.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joanna Cobb Biermann: The symphonies of the Darmstadt Kapellmeister Johann Samuel Endler 1694-1762: A contribution to the history of the symphony. Schott, 1996, p. 28.
  2. ↑ a b Pippa Drummond:  Kress, Johann Jakob. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  3. ↑ ibid p. 31.
personal data
SURNAME Kress, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kreß, Johann Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1685
PLACE OF BIRTH Walderbach
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1728
Place of death Darmstadt