Talk:Johann Krieger

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Johann Philipp Krieger was born around 27, February, 1649, in Nürnberg, and died on 6, February, 1725, in Weissenfels. He began his music lessons as a child in Nürnberg, studying keyboards with Johannes Dretzel and other instruments with Gabriel Schütz. A child prodigy, Krieger had already garnered praise for his compositions before he entered his teens. Then from around 1665 to 1670, he lived in Copenhagen, studying composition with Kaspar Forster and organ with Johannes Schröder, Court Organist. Immediately afterward, he was appointed Kapellmeister in Bayreuth, a post he held only one year.

After a short time in Zeitz, Krieger spent two years traveling in Italy: he studied with Abbatini and Pasquini in Rome and with Rosenmüller in Venice. On his way back to Germany in 1675, he performed in Vienna for the Hapsburg Emperor Leopold I, who ennobled him out of appreciation for his virtuosity. Passing first through Frankfurt am Main and Kassel, Krieger settled in 1677 in Halle an der Saale as court organist, a post he held for three years. At the age of 31, he was elevated to Kapellmeister in Weissenfels, where he remained until his death 45 years later. During his long and productive career, he composed 18 operas in German for the Weissenfels court, two sets of twelve trio sonatas, and some 2,000 church cantatas, of which only 76 have survived.

Sources

O Jesu, du mein Leben, by Johann Ph. Krieger (Garri Editions, Frankfurt am Main 2005) Dr. Alejandro Garri, Ed.

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