Joseph Beer (composer, 1744)
Johann Joseph Beer , also Joseph Boer or Joseph Paer (born May 18, 1744 in Grünwald , Böhmen ; † October 28, 1812 in Berlin , according to other sources in Berlin and Potsdam in 1811) was a Bohemian clarinetist and composer.
Live and act
Beer initially worked as a horn player and trumpeter in the Imperial and Royal Army during the Seven Years' War . He then worked for about 20 years in France as a clarinetist in the Garde du corps du roi and with the Duke of Orleans. From 1784 the clarinetist worked as a chamber musician in St. Petersburg . In 1791 Beer made music with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during a trip to Vienna . In 1792 Beer went to Prussia and worked as a royal chamber musician in Potsdam and Berlin until his death. On February 16, 1809, the 65-year-old gave a concert in Leipzig, which was well received by the audience and critics.
Beer is considered to be the creator of artistic clarinet playing. His compositional work consists of several concertos, duos and an ariette with variations.
He is often confused with the clarinetist Joseph Bähr (wrongly "Beer"; 1770–1819), with whom he is also not related. To distinguish the two clarinetists according to their main places of activity, Joseph Beer was also referred to in musicology as Berliner Beer , while Joseph Bähr was called Wallersteiner or Wiener Beer .
Compositions
- Concerto pour clarinette N ° 1
literature
- Arrey von Dommer: Beer, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 249 f.
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Beer (Bähr, Baehr, Bär, Paer, etc.), Johann Joseph. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- Ulrich Rau: Beer, Joseph (Berlin). In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 2 (Bagatti - Bizet). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1112-8 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Beer, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 222 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Joseph Beer in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert R. Rice: Beer, Joseph. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- ↑ Arrey von Dommer: Beer, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 249 f.
- ↑ Mary Catherine Hamilton: Beer, Joseph . In: George Grove (Ed.): A Dictionary of Music and Musicians . 1900.
- ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Beer, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 222 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Claus-Christian Schuster: Grand Trio pour le Piano-Forte avec un Clarinette ou Violon, et Violoncelle ... Oeuvre XI.me ("Gassenhauer-Trio", B flat major) on the Altenberg Trio's website , accessed on 18. January 2015
- ↑ Günther Grünsteudel: “Bähr blew like a god” - the clarinetist Franz Joseph Beer (1770–1819) . In: Rohrblatt 23 (2007), pp. 151–157 ( online , PDF, 49 KB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beer, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beer, Johann Joseph (full name); Boer, Joseph; Paer, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian clarinetist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grünwald , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1812 |
| Place of death | Berlin |