Johannes Amon
Johannes Amon (born August 24, 1763 in Drosendorf am Eggerbach near Eggolsheim , † March 29, 1825 in Wallerstein ) was a German composer and music publisher .
Life
Johannes Amon described himself as a student of Giovanni Punto (Jan Vaclav Stich). In his company he traveled to Paris in 1781, where he met Antonio Rosetti, among others . He is said to have received composition lessons from Antonio Sacchini . After his stay in Paris he went on concert tours with Punto and met Ignaz Pleyel in Strasbourg in 1784 . In 1789 Amon found a job in Heilbronn as the city's music director, a position he held for 28 years. On various trips he met numerous well-known artists, such as the composers Reichardt, Vanhal, Haydn, Mozart and Franz Anton Hoffmeister . At Hoffmeister's suggestion, Amon founded a music publisher in 1791 in which he mainly published works from his circle of friends (e.g. Johann Brandl ) but also the most popular Viennese classics in early prints, such as 24 vocal parts from Le nozze di Figaro and the first prints of Mozart's German Dances KV 571. In 1817 Amon took up a position as Kapellmeister at Prince Oettingen-Wallerstein and sold the number of published works, which had now grown to around 300 catalog numbers, to the Schott publishers in Mainz and Simrock in Bonn.
plant
Amon wrote primarily music aimed at the bourgeoisie. Complex motivic formulas, such as Haydn's, are not to be found in his compositions, which are kept in common formulas. His work encompasses all genres and forms of instrumentation, he wrote church music, cantatas, symphonies and an extensive range of chamber music, including simple dances and songs. Contemporaries judged Amon, " These his audiences are lovers who almost want what Pleyel was in the past " or " ... but his works have brought many enjoyment, pleasant and useful entertainment ".
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Amon in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.operone.de/verbindungen/amon.html
- ^ MGG 2nd edition, pp. 616–617
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amon, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and music publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drosendorf on the Aufseß near Hollfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1825 |
| Place of death | Wallerstein |