Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800) - Piano Sonata, Op.2 (1778)

Autor: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800)
Obra: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op.2 (1778)
Intèrprets: Thomas Trondhjem (piano)

Pintura: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853) - Udgangen af Bois-de-Boulogne til Longchamp (1812)

Més info: https://reciclassicat.blogspot.com/2019/06/schulz-johann-abraham-peter-1747-1800.html

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Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (Lüneburg, 31 March 1747 - Schwedt, 10 June 1800)

German-Danish composer and keyboardist. The son of a town musician, Schulz initially sought to become a theologian, although studies with Johann Christian Schmügel in music made him proficient on the keyboard, flute, and violin. In 1762 he traveled to Berlin to seek out Johann Kirnberger, continuing studies there interspersed with theology in Lüneburg. In 1768 he was appointed as teacher to Princess Sapieha Wolwodin of Smolensk, traveling with her entourage throughout Poland and Germany. Here he met Johann Friedrich Reichardt, who asked him to help in his musical- theoretical publications and under whose recommendation Schulz was appointed as Kapellmeister of the French Theatre in Berlin. Further connections with the royal family continued in Potsdam and Rheisberg until 1787, when he resigned to accept a post as kapelmestere in Copenhagen. In 1793 his Syngespil Pers Bryllup was performed successfully, making him the leading composer in Denmark. By 1795, however, tuberculosis forced him into retirement, and after a debilitating winter spent in Arendal in Norway when his ship to Portugal foundered, he spent his last years in his homeland. As a composer, Schulz was noted for his use of folk material, as well as a good sense of text settings in his Lieder. His surviving music includes 12 operas, five oratorios, six large cantatas, 10 other sacred works, 21 part songs, over 100 Lieder, three symphonies, and around 10 sonatas.