Joseph Schmitt (composer)
Georg Adam Joseph Schmitt OCist (baptized March 18, 1734 in Gernsheim ; † May 28, 1791 in Amsterdam ) was a German composer and music publisher.
Life
Schmitt received music lessons in Dresden from Carl Friedrich Abel . At the age of 19 he became a member of the Cistercian order of the Eberbachs monastery , in 1757 he was ordained a priest. From 1763 he was the monastery choirmaster and organized the church music. During this time Schmitt wrote four masses , a Requiem and a Te Deum .
In 1771 he moved to Amsterdam, where he later founded his own music publisher. In addition to compositions by Haydn and Mozart , Schmitt also published his own works here and thus achieved a certain fame in Europe. His compositions were reprinted in London, Paris and Berlin as early as 1780. A total of 107 works by Joseph Schmitt are documented, some of which were temporarily ascribed to Haydn.
From 1788 he was the conductor of the Felix Meritis Society .
literature
- Hans-Josef Becker (Red.): Heimat am Strom - Gernsheim reading book (with CD-ROM). Schöfferstadt Gernsheim am Rhein 2006. ISBN 3-00-019884-9
- Bernhard Hemmerle : Joseph Schmitt. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 26, Bautz, Nordhausen 2006, ISBN 3-88309-354-8 , Sp. 1347-1351.
- Renkhoff, Otto : Nassau biography . Historical Commission for Nassau , Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-922244-90-4 , p. 711 .
- Carl Witzel: From Gregorian chant to “Jugend musiziert” . In: The Hessian Minister for Agriculture and Forests, Freundeskreis Kloster Eberbach eV (Hrsg.): Eberbach im Rheingau . Cistercian - Culture - Wine. The Hessian Minister for Agriculture and Forests, Wiesbaden / Eltville 1986, p. 146-148 .
- Albert Dunning : Joseph Schmitt, life and compositions of the Cistercian Eberbecher and music publisher from Amsterdam, 1734–1791, Heuwekemeyer Verlag, Amsterdam, 1962
Web links
- Works by and about Joseph Schmitt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Joseph Schmitt (composer) in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitt, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmitt, Georg Adam Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and music publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized March 18, 1734 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gernsheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1791 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |