Johann Schneider (composer)
Johann Schneider (born July 16, 1702 in Oberlauter (municipality Lautertal (Upper Franconia)); † January 5, 1788 in Leipzig ) was a German organist , violinist and composer .
Life
Schneider was born the son of a miller. He received his first musical training in singing, violin and organ from 1708 to 1716 from the Unterlauter Cantor Nicolaus Müller. From 1717 to 1720 the Saalfeld Kapellmeister Reinmann taught him piano and composition. Around 1720 he was a piano and organ student of Johann Sebastian Bach in Köthen , he was also a violin student of Johann Gottlieb Graun in Merseburg and Johann Graf in Rudolstadt .
In 1721 he became court organist and first violinist in Saalfeld. In 1726 he was accepted as a violinist in the court orchestra of Weimar. He took up the long-standing position as organist at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig as successor to Johann Gottlieb Görner in 1729. He is considered to be the successor to Johann Friedrich Doles in the 1740s as the technical organizer and participant of the “Great Concert”, the predecessor of the Gewandhaus Concerts.
A number of organ works by him have come down to us.
Works (selection)
- Fantasy and Fugue
- Twelve easy organ pieces
- Two chorale preludes to "Our Father in the Kingdom of Heaven"
- Organ trio "Oh God, I'll bring you the heart"
- Preludes and Fugues in G minor, D major and G major
literature
- Franz Peters-Marquardt: Schneider, Johann. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
- Sieglinde Oehrlein: With Mr. Bachen, but not in Leipzig . In: Gewandhausmagazin No. 77 (2012), pp. 58/59
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Schneider in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Johann Schneider (composer) in the International Music Score Library Project
- Bach Cantatas - Johann Schneider (Composer, Bach's Pupil)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Walter Eichhorn: Lautertal; The Zent Lauter link between Franconia and Thuringia . Pages on the history of the Coburg country, Coburg 1992, ISBN 3-926480-06-8 , p. 121
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, violinist and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1702 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberlauter |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1788 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |