Carl Ludwig Matthes
Carl Ludwig Matthes (born 1751) was a German oboist and composer of the classical era.
Life[]
Matthes was born in Berlin,[1][2][3] where his father was a musician.[2] He learned the oboe from Carlo Besozzi in Dresden[1][2][3] and after this time, he "blew the oboe with great skill and an pleasant tone".[2] He was also noted for his excellent performance of slow movements, which he played "with taste, sensitivity and pleasant tone, after the latest fashion".[2] As an oboist, he was compared to Johann Christian Fischer, Ludwig August Lebrun and his teacher, Besozzi.[2]
In 1781, he became an oboist and Kammermusikus at the Hofkapelle of Margrave Friedrich Heinrich von Schwedt in Berlin.[1][2][3] During this time, he composed Urania's Weissagung, which was performed on the birthday of King Friedrich Wilhelm II at the Margravial theater in Schwedt in 1786.[2] In 1788, following the death of the Margrave and the subsequent dissolution of the Hofkapelle, Matthes took over a starch factory. As he had no experience running a business, he soon landed in debt and filed for bankruptcy.[1][2] After this, he returned to music, but there are no surviving records of his life after this date.
Works[]
Matthes' only surviving works are two sonatas for oboe and continuo which were published by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach in 1770 as part of Musikalisches Vielerley.[4] The sonatas survive in numerous manuscript copies which attests to their popularity. They were also reworked for flute and continuo.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Eitner, Robert (1901). Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten der christlichen Zeitrechnung bis zur Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Band 6 (in German). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. p. 384.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Freiherrn von Ledebur, Carl (1861). Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart (in German). p. 355.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gerber, Ernst Ludwig (1790). Historisch-Biographisches Lexicon der Tonkünstler (in German). Leipzig. p. 903.
- ^ "Musikalisches Vierlerley at IMSLP.org".
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