Johann Samuel Schroeter

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Johann Samuel Schroeter (also: Schröter ) (born March 2, 1753 in Guben , Margraviate Niederlausitz , † November 2, 1788 in Pimlico near London ) was a German pianist and composer.

Life

Johann Samuel Schroeter was born as the son of the royal Polish and electoral Saxon oboist in the Count Brühl's regiment, Johann Friedrich Schroeter and his wife Marie. According to various sources, the year of birth is given as 1750, 1752 or 1753. The Schroeters were a family of musicians. Johann Samuel and his siblings Corona (1751–1802), Heinrich (1760 - after 1782) and Marie Henriette (1766 - after 1804) received music lessons from their father and later also started a career in the field of music.

Schroeter went to Leipzig and studied music with Johann Adam Hiller . From 1765 he first appeared as a soprano soloist. The broken voice ended his singing career and he now devoted himself to playing the piano and composing. In 1767 Schroeter performed as a pianist at the great concert in Leipzig. Concert tours through the Netherlands and England followed . On May 2, 1772 he made his debut in London with a self-composed piano concerto. Schroeter settled in London, where he was initially promoted by Johann Christian Bach , took over an organist position and also gave piano lessons to cover his livelihood. He quickly became one of London's most popular pianists and piano teachers. After Bach's death in 1782, he became Queen Charlotte's Music Master . His appearances as a pianist contributed to an early enthusiasm for the piano in the British Isles.

After 1782 he secretly married a piano student of around 20, of whom only the first name Rebecca has been passed down. Since their parents apparently came from better circles, they are said to have paid Schroeter the then substantial sum of 500 pounds sterling per year on the condition that he gave up his activity as a piano teacher. In any case, since his wedding, Schroeter only played for his patrons from the aristocratic and high aristocratic circles, which reached into the royal family, for example. B. for Prince George , the Prince of Wales .

Schroeter lived with his wife in his house in Pimlico near London, where he died in 1788 at the age of 35.

The married Joseph Haydn met Rebecca Schroeter a few years later, fell in love with the young widow and dedicated his Trios op.73 to her.

Works

  • Concerto op. III No. 1 in F major for piano forte, 2 violins and bass
  • Concerto op. III No. 3 in C major for piano forte, 2 violins and bass
  • Concerto op. III No. 4 in D major for piano forte, 2 violins and bass
  • Concerto op. III No. 6 in E flat major for piano forte, 2 violins and bass
  • Piano concerto op. IV
  • Piano concerto op. V
  • Quintets for piano forte or harpsichord, flute, violin, viola and violoncello
  • Sonatas for piano forte, violin and bass
  • Sonatas for harpsichord op. I
  • Chants with violin or flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote cadenzas for some of his concerts .

literature

Web links

proof

  1. ↑ Schroeter at oxfordjournals.org (PDF)
personal data
SURNAME Schroeter, Johann Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schröter, Johann Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben , Margraviate of Niederlausitz
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1788
Place of death Pimlico near London