Samuel Gottlob Auberlen

Auberlen (center) in the frontispiece of his autobiography

Samuel Gottlob Auberlen (born November 23, 1758 in Fellbach ; † August 23, 1829 in Ulm ) was a Württemberg musician and song composer.

biography

Auberlen's biography in the Fellbach City Museum

Samuel Gottlob Auberlen took piano, violin and cello lessons from his father Georg Daniel Auberlen . In 1773 he became his father's school assistant. At the age of 20 he received violin lessons from the ducal chamber virtuoso Enßlen at the court of Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg. After working as a music teacher in Murrhardt , he became bassist in the orchestra of the Zurich Music Society in 1782 at the instigation of Lavater's secretary . Auberlen later went on a concert tour, became a violinist in Carl Eugen's court orchestra, albeit without a salary, then music director in Winterthur and Tübingen and, in 1817, organist and music director at Ulm Minster . In 1784 he published his songs for piano and voice , which later enjoyed some popularity in Swabia and are said to have influenced Friedrich Silcher . His autobiography was published in 1824 .

Works (selection)

• Six short fantasies for the organ. In: Damian von Maltzahn (ed.): Willsbacher contributions to church music. , 2nd year sheet music supplement No. 2. (audio sample: 3 short fantasies. (Siegfried Gmeiner on the historic Walcker organ (1928) of the Martin Luther Church in Ulm .); MP3 file; 3.91 MB)

Publications

• God, we praise you! A four-part celebratory chant in two alternating choirs. Schaffhausen 1816 (based on Luther's German Te Deum )
• CF Gellert's sacred odes and songs with new four-part chorale melodies. Schaffhausen 1817.
• Christian celebratory chants and songs with new and old four-part chorale melodies by various poets with notes and text set to music by Samuel Gottlob Auberlen. Schaffhausen 1817.
• Attempt to provide a short, easy-to-understand guide to four-part choral singing with special consideration for general needs in schools. Schaffhausen 1817.
• Autobiography: Samuel Gottlob Auberlen's, music director and organist at the Münster in Ulm and the general Swiss music society, full honorary member, life, opinions and fates. described by himself. Ulm 1824. Digitized

literature

• Auberlen (Samuel-Gottlob) . In: Dr. Hoefer (Ed.): Nouvelle biography universelle générale . Firmin-Didot, Paris 1852. Volume 3, Sp. 558-559 ( digitized version ).
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Samuel Gottlob Auberlen. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 266.
• Arrey von Dommer :  Auberlen, Samuel Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 633 f.
• Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 19 .
• Max Ruh : The musical life in Schaffhausen at the beginning of the 19th century: Samuel Gottlob Auberlen as head of the music college. In: Schaffhauser Contributions to History. 55 (1978).
• Hans Peter Schanzlin: Auberlen, Samuel Gottlob . In: Music in the past and present . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1986, vol. 15, p. 333ff.
• Donald Stuart: Samuel Gottlob Auberlen. Contributions to the history of music in Württemberg from 1750 to 1830 . Dissertation, University of Tübingen 1925.

Web links

• The Auberlen family in Fellbach
• Samuel Gottlob Auberlen on the website www.schwaebische-orgelromantik.de