Johann Samuel Endler

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Johann Samuel Endler (born July 26, 1694 in Olbernhau ; † April 23, 1762 in Darmstadt ) was a German composer and court conductor in Darmstadt.

Life

Endler was born on July 26, 1694 in Olbernhau, Saxony. His father, also Johann Samuel Endler, was the organist and schoolmaster at the electoral Saigerhütte , his mother, Anna Dorothea May, also came from a family of musicians. In 1716 Endler enrolled at the University of Leipzig . The first evidence of Endler's appearance as a musician dates back to 1720. On Ascension Day and on Exaudi Sunday , he directed church music at the Leipzig New Church. In 1721 he took over the II. Ordinaire Collegium musicum , founded by Johann Friedrich Fasch , before he was employed in Darmstadt as alto and violinist in the court orchestra of Landgrave Ernst Ludwig , probably at the suggestion of Christoph Graupner , who applied for the Thomaskantorat in Leipzig in 1722 . When he married Johannetta Eleonora, née Nieß, on January 31, 1732, he appears in the church book as a chamber secretary and chamber musician. The marriage resulted in two daughters. Between 1735 and 1740 he was appointed concertmaster . In 1744 he was promoted to vice conductor. When Graupner died in 1760, Endler finally succeeded him and became Kapellmeister . However, he could not hold this office for long, as he died only two years later on April 23, 1762. In addition to his work at the Darmstadt court orchestra, he taught the granddaughters of Landgrave Ernst Ludwig, and he copied numerous contemporary compositions, e. B. von Telemann , Graun and Fasch, for the use of the court orchestra.

Works (verifiable)

Endler's compositional activity extended mainly to the field of instrumental music, mostly brass , timpani and orchestra. In addition to 30 symphonies that have been preserved, there are seven overtures that are based on Johann Sebastian Bach's four orchestral suites.

In 1713 Endler wrote a Good Friday cantata “Jesus dies! Oh, shall I live "and in 1729 two more cantatas, for the 8th Sunday after Trinity" Because the time was fulfilled "and for the 3rd Christmas holiday" Dear ones don't believe everyone "(Text: JC Lichtenberg) as well as two secular cantatas "The Night Watchman" (1746) and "The Rarities Man" (1747, text: Johann August Buchner). There is also a partita for harpsichord, five canons (no instrument details) and two pièces for orchestra. All works are located as manuscripts in the University and State Library Darmstadt.

literature

  • Joanna Cobb Biermann: The symphonies of the Darmstadt Kapellmeister Johann Samuel Endler 1694 - 1762: a contribution to the history of the symphony . Mainz: Schott, 1996. ISBN 978-3795713355
  • Joanna Cobb Biermann: Endler, Johann Samuel. In: Music in the past and present. General encyclopedia of music. 2nd, revised edition. Kassel 2001. Person part 6: E - Fra, Sp. 320-324.
  • Wolf-Eberhard von Lewinski :  Endler, Johann Samuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 496 ( digitized version ).
  • Elisabeth Noack : Music history of Darmstadt from the Middle Ages to the time of Goethe (= contributions to the music history of the Middle Rhine; No. 8). Mainz 1967, p. 209 f. and p. 230.

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personal data
SURNAME Endler, Johann Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Endler, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer of the late baroque
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1694
PLACE OF BIRTH Olbernhau
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1762
Place of death Darmstadt