Johann Valentin Meder
Johann Valentin Meder (baptized May 3, 1649 in Wasungen ; † July 1719 in Riga ) was a German singer (tenor), composer and organist.
Life
Meder was born the son of the cantor Johann Erhard Meder. He first studied theology in Leipzig (1669), but did not finish his studies and from 1671 led an unsteady life as a musician in various professional positions, which took him to Gotha , Kassel , Bremen , Hamburg , Copenhagen , Lübeck and Reval , where he worked in 1680 as Gymnasial cantor wrote the opera The constant Argenia , which led to Riga in 1685. Before he finally returned there, he was drawn to brief stays in Danzig and Konigsberg . In Riga he worked as a cathedral organist until his death.
From him are motets , cantatas , a St. Matthew Passion , as well as various works of instrumental music received. Because of the composition of two operas, he lost the support of the City Council of Gdansk.
literature
- Werner Braun: Meder, Johann Valentin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 596 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Werner Braun: Meder, Johann Valentin. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 11 (Lesage - Menuhin). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1121-7 , Sp. 1444–1446 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Erik Kjellberg: Meder, Johann Valentin. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Franz Kessler : Danzig church music. Hänssler, Neuhausen 1973.
- Johann Mattheson : Basis of an honor gate. Hamburg 1740, pp. 218-223 ( digitized version ).
- Bernd Moeller , Bruno Jahn: German Biographical Encyclopedia of Theology and the Churches (DBETh). Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-11666-7 , p. 910 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Valentin Meder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Johann Valentin Meder in the International Music Score Library Project
- Johann Valentin Meder at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Schreiber: The art of opera. Volume V, Frankfurt, Vienna, Zurich 2006, p. 110.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Balthasar Erben | Kapellmeister of the Marienkirche in Danzig 1687–1699 |
Maximilian Dietrich Freislich |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meder, Johann Valentin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer, composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized May 3, 1649 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wasungen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1719 |
| Place of death | Riga |