Johann Valentin Görner
Johann Valentin Görner (born February 27, 1702 in Penig ; † July 30 (?) 1762 in Hamburg ) was a German Baroque composer .
Life and works
Little is known about Görner's life. It is said that he attended school in Dresden and studied in Leipzig from 1722. He then stayed at several German royal courts and finally settled in Hamburg, where he devoted himself to playing the piano and composing. In 1728, together with Georg Philipp Telemann, he founded the first German music magazine with various compositional contributions, Der getreue Musicmeister . On May 6, 1756 he became music director at the Mariendom . He held this position until his death. His brother is the organist Johann Gottlieb Görner .
A collection of secular vocal works ( Collection of New Odes and Songs ) with texts by Friedrich von Hagedorn in three parts has been preserved by Görner . The first two parts were published anonymously in 1742 and 1744 respectively. The third part appeared in 1752 under his name. The collection comprises a total of 70 songs with accompaniment, each part being published in several editions. Furthermore, two piano pieces ( Passacaille and Trouble-Fête ) have survived, both of which were published in 1729 by the Faithful Musicmeister . A lost serenata for soloists, choir and orchestra ( The Pleasure ) was performed in Hamburg in 1743, but caused a scandal because of the text by Johann Arnold Ebert .
literature
- Kretzschmar, Hermann: History of the New German Song. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1911.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Valentin Görner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Text of the song Erwache, Friederike
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Görner, Johann Valentin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German baroque composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1702 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Penig |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1762 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |