Joseph Frieberth
Johann Joseph Frieberth (also Friebert or Fribert ) (born December 4, 1724 in Gnadendorf , Lower Austria ; † August 6, 1799 in Passau ) was an Austrian composer and court music director .
Life
Joseph Frieberth, whose brothers Thomas and Karl were also musicians, worked for three decades as court conductor in Passau and served the bishops Leopold Ernst von Firmian and Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg . Both provided generous funds for an orchestra of 24 men.
Works
Frieberth composed mainly church music , but also singspiels and operas , especially for the Passau prince-bishop's court.
- Singing games
- The seraglio or the unexpected meeting in the slavery between father, daughter and son. First performed in Wels in 1777, served as the inspiration for Mozart's Zaide
- The work of nature. 1774, Batthyány Castle
- The Best Choice or The Lot Determined by the Gods , premiered February 19, 1778 in Nuremberg
- Adelstan und Röschen , first performed on January 4th, 1782 Salzburg
- Italian operas (premiered in Passau between 1764 and 1774)
- Il componimento
- Il natale di Giove , after Pietro Metastasio
- Dafne vendicata
- La Galatea
- La Zenobia , after Pietro Metastasio
- Angelica e Medoro
- Oratorios
- Giuseppe riconosciuto , after Pietro Metastasio
Of Frieberth's works, his arrangement of the Good Friday oratorio by Joseph Haydn is best known today. In 1787 Haydn created an orchestral work The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross as funeral music for the Bishop of Cádiz . Frieberth reworked this into an oratorio for choir and orchestra. Haydn heard Frieberth's adaptation in 1794 at a performance in Passau and changed it to the oratorio version available today.
literature
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Frieberth, brothers. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Web links
- Works by and about Joseph Frieberth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Joseph Frieberth in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- List of stage works by Joseph Frieberth based on the MGG at Operone
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frieberth, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friebert, Johann Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gnadendorf , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1799 |
| Place of death | Passau |