Ludwig Christian Hesse
Ludwig Christian Hesse (born November 8, 1716 in Darmstadt ; † September 15, 1772 there ) was a German composer and gambist .
Life
He received his first music lessons from his father Ernst Christian and his mother, the singer Johanna Elisabeth, geb. Doebricht . He initially studied law at the University of Halle and from 1738 worked as a chamber musician and government lawyer in the service of the Darmstadt court under the music-loving Landgrave Ernst Ludwig . After his death in 1739 and the assumption of government of the "Jagdgrafen" Ludwig VIII. The conditions for court music deteriorated, so that Hesse asked his former student friend August Wilhelm of Prussia for mediation. In 1741, shortly after the reign of Frederick II began , he brought him to the Berlin court orchestra. Here Hesse took up several top positions; At the court orchestra, he was on an equal footing with his colleague Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach as a royal chamber musician and gambist , he was accepted into the opera orchestra and worked for Prince August Wilhelm in his chapel as concertmaster and also as a real councilor . He remained in Berlin until the Prince's death in 1759; According to other sources, he is said to have been a member of the court orchestra until 1766 and to have served the heir to the throne Friedrich Wilhelm II as a musician. Then Hesse, who had remained unmarried and childless all his life, returned to Darmstadt.
Like his father, Hesse enjoyed an outstanding reputation as a viol virtuoso. His orchestra colleague Bach appreciated his playing and wrote several technically demanding works for him, including a. the solo sonatas Wq 136/137. As a composer, Hesse mainly created arrangements of contemporary opera pieces for one or two viols, some with figured bass accompaniment .
literature
- Hermann Ullrich, Karl Scütz: Hesse, family. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): Music in the past and present . New edition. Person part vol. 8, Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel / Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1118-7 , column 1475.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Christian Hesse in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hesse, Ludwig Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and gambist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1716 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1772 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |