Justin Heinrich Knecht ( German: Justin Heinrich Knecht ; September 30, 1752 , Bieberach - December 1, 1817 , ibid.) - German composer, organist and bandmaster in his hometown, and in 1807-1809. court bandmaster in Stuttgart .
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He enjoyed a very high reputation as an organist; only Joseph Vogler was respected above him. Knecht wrote the symphony Musical Pictures of Nature ( German: Tongemälde der Natur ), which, according to the program, is very similar to the Beethoven Pastoral Symphony ; Knecht developed the same story in the organ sonata “The Shepherd’s Bliss Interrupted by a Thunderclap” ( German: Die durch ein Donnerwetter unterbrochene Hirtenwonne ). He is also the author of other musical works, including psalms , masses , several operas and vaudeville , the musical drama “Song of the Bell” ( German by Das Lied von der Glocke , according to Schiller ), organ pieces, piano variations, sonatins , duets for flutes , arias , hymns , two collections of choirs , etc.
Knecht’s compositions were short-lived. Knecht is the author of a large number of theoretical works. As a theoretician, he took on the position of extreme schematism in music, considering musical material with the help of terraced chord constructions at all levels of the scale . In addition to theoretical work, Knecht also owns a textbook on organ playing.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Rob. Eitner Knecht, Justin Heinrich // Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - L : 1882. - Vol. 16. - S. 278–279.
- ↑ 1 2 3 G. Knecht, Justin // A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (AD 1450-1889) : by eminent writers, English and foreign with illustrations and woodcuts / G. Grove , John Alexander Fuller Maitland - London : Macmillan Publishers , 1900. - Vol. 2. - P. 65–66.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 G. Riman Knecht // Musical Dictionary : Translation from the 5th German Edition / Ed. Yu. D. Engel - M .: Music Publishing House of P.I. Jurgenson , 1901. - T. 2. - P. 643.
Literature
- Knecht // Music Dictionary : in 3 volumes / comp. H. Riemann ; add. Russian department with staff. P. Weimarn and others; per. and all ext. under the editorship of Yu. D. Engel . - Per. from the 5th of it. ed. - Moscow — Leipzig: ed. B.P. Jurgenson , 1904 . - T. 2. - S. 643.
- Robert Eitner . Knecht, Justin Heinrich. // Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, S. 278 f.
- Michael Ladenburger : Knecht, Justin Heinrich, Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy
- Michael Ladenburger : Justin Heinrich Knecht: Leben und Werk: thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Kompositionen (dissertation, University of Vienna, 1984)
- HM Miller : Die Orgelwerke von Justin Heinrich Knecht (Munich, 1990)
Links
- Knecht, Justin Henry: sheet music at International Music Score Library Project