Michael Ehregott Grose

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Michael Ehregott Grose (* 1747 in Saxony , baptized March 3, 1848 in Zwenkau, † September 24, 1795 in Copenhagen ) was a German and Danish organist and composer as well as a music teacher .

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Michael Ehregott Grose received organ-playing lessons from his father, the organist Johann Michael Grose (born September 29, 1713, Pötewitz ; † June 8, 1791, Zwenkau) , who had been active in Zwenkau since 1741 . This was a former student of Johann Sebastian Bach . In 1784 Grose was able to take over the job from his father as a substitute organist near Leipzig and worked in Zwenkau at St. Laurentius until 1782.

At his request, Grose received a certificate of proficiency and recommendation from Johann Friedrich Doles in 1779, in particular as an organist and composer, in which the Thomaskantor certified that Grose “is not only a skilled organ and piano player, but also plays various other musical instruments has not acquired common skill and knows how to treat it with taste, next to this he shows a natural skill in composition ... ".

Before the Protestant clergy consistory in Wittenberg he put on 11 July 1781 exam to Kantor in Baruth to become the then Saxon to the same caste domination belonged, and was confirmed for this office.

Organist at St. Gotthardt in Brandenburg

He became organist at the main church in the old town in Brandenburg an der Havel from August 1, 1784 and stayed at St. Gotthardt until the end of 1786. There he also gave organ lessons. So he taught the student of the knight's college and later organist Friedrich Wilke in organ playing, especially in figured bass . Grose was considered “famous” during his time as an organist in Brandenburg, especially because of his “artistic and soulful presentation”. He left Brandenburg and went to Christiansund in Sweden in 1787 and became town musician there.

Church musician in Copenhagen

At the beginning of the 1790s, the organist Grose led an orchestra. In the meantime he worked as a church musician at the German church in Copenhagen , the Evangelical Frederiks tyske Kirkee , also known as Christians Kirke . At concerts of a musical company called Det Forenede Musikalske Selskab , he participated as a pianist and organ virtuoso.

Works (selection)

  • Twenty-four (XXIV) songs set to music by good poets. Leipzig 1785 .; the publication was announced by Grose in 1784.
  • Six Sonatas for Piano, 1785; 2nd edition 1792.
  • Six Sonates Faciles pour le Clavecin, Livraison II. Berlin (1793)
  • Notable works include Samling from lette Harpe, Claveer and Syngestykker for Liebhavere and Begyndere. (1791)
  • Mornings. The cantata Morgenen (“Morning”) with the lyrics by PH Haste was first performed on December 1, 1792 in the Kongelige musikalske Academie .
  • Slumber gently in the lap of the earth in E flat major; other title: Den Døende .
  • Festival music: Sang i anledning af den 26 februari 1794 af Christian Hertz (song for Christian Hertz on the occasion of 26 February 1794).

The Kapellmeister Udo Wessiepe (* 1964), a graduate of the Cologne University of Music , has arranged works by Grose for various instruments:

  • English dance for 2 recorders on the one hand and for two guitars on the other;
  • Two dances for violin and violoncello as well as for clarinet and bassoon;
  • Contra-dance not only for three clarinets but also for a string trio.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stimmel, Eberhard (1938–2012): Additions and corrections to or in: Vollhardt, Reinhard: History of Cantors and Organists from the Cities in the Kingdom of Saxony . Photomechanical reprint of the original edition, Berlin 1899. Copy from the Leipzig City Music Library. Musicological Study Library Peters, Edition Peters, 1978, p. 491 in "Michael Ehregott Große"
  2. ^ Vollhardt, Reinhard: History of the Cantors and Organists of the Cities in the Kingdom of Saxony , Berlin 1899, p. 356; DNB 820243973
  3. ↑ Quoted from Werner, A .: In the service of church music , Merseburger Verlag, Leipzig [1932] p. 197 f. Digital copy: Books Google
  4. ↑ Wittenberg weekly paper for taking up natural history and the economic trade . Ed. Johann Daniel-Titius, Volume 14, 1781, p. 288; Digital copy: Books Google
  5. ↑ Magazin der Musik, Volume 2, Ed. Carl Friedrich Cramer , Hamburg 1784
  6. ↑ Ludwig Rellstab in: Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst . New edition. Volume 6, Verlag von Franz Heinrich Köhler, Stuttgart 1840, keyword “Wilke”, p. (867–869) 867
  7. ^ Anne Ørbæk Jensen, Claus Røllum-Larsen, Inger Sørensen: Elective Affinities. Two centuries of musical interactions between Denmark and Germany. [About the exhibition that was on view in May - July 2004 in the Paulinerkirche in Göttingen]; Cover design: Henriette Willerup Satz and 2004 ISBN 978-3-930457-55-7 . (Lower Saxony State and University Library)
  8. ^ Title registration by Friedländer, Marx : The German song in the 18th century. Sources and Studies . First volume, first section, Stuttgart / Berlin 1902, p. 37 No. 374; Friedlaender's comment: "A copy was not found."
  9. ^ Schleuning, Peter (* 1941): The citizen rises. History of German Music in the 18th Century. Stuttgart / Weimar 2000, p. 403 f .; ISBN 978-3-476-01797-0
  10. ^ Translation: "Collection of easy harp, piano and vocal pieces for lovers and beginners" (1791)
  11. ↑ Peder Horrebow Haste (January 12, 1765-28 January 1831), author according to Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
  12. ↑ title page "Klaveerudtog af cantatas opført I det kongelige Musikalske Academie the 1st December 1792 I anledning af Hendes kongelige høiheds Kronprinsessens Nedkomst" music (Piano): ME Grose, pressure: S. Sønnichsen (Note printer and music shop), Copenhagen (1793); Digital copy: "Books google"
  13. ↑ Text: Peder Horrebov (1679-1764); Notes and other information
  14. ↑ Publisher: S. Sønnichsen, København; In the holdings of "Det Kongelige Bibliotek" in Copenhagen
personal data
SURNAME Grose, Michael Ehregott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grosse, Michael Ehregott; Great, ME
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH Saxony
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1795
Place of death Copenhagen