Johannes Matthias Sperger
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Johannes Matthias Sperger | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 May 1812 Ludwigslust, Germany | (aged 62)
Occupation | Double bassist, composer |
Johannes Matthias Sperger, also often Johann, (Czech: Jan Matyáš Sperger; 23 March 1750 – 13 May 1812) was an Austrian double bassist and composer.
Sperger was born in Feldsberg,[1] and trained from 1767 in Vienna as a contrabassist and composer. He worked from 1777 in the Hofkapelle of the Archbishop of Pressburg. From 1778 he was also a member in the , in whose concerts he appeared several times with his own works and as soloist. From 1783 to 1786, Sperger was a member of the Hofkapelle of count in Kohfidisch. From 1789 he was employed as first contrabassist of the Mecklenburg Schwerin Hofkapelle in Ludwigslust. He was an extremely productive composer who wrote at least forty-four symphonies, numerous instrumental concertos, among them eighteen contrabass concertos, sonatas, rondos and dances, cantatas, choral works, and airs. He died in Ludwigslust, aged 62.
Notes[]
- ^ At the time of his birth, Feldsberg was part of Lower Austria
External links[]
- Free scores by Johannes Matthias Sperger at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- "International Johann Matthias Sperger society". Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- 1750 births
- 1812 deaths
- 18th-century classical composers
- 18th-century male musicians
- 18th-century Austrian people
- 19th-century male musicians
- Austrian classical composers
- Austrian male classical composers
- Austrian expatriates in Germany
- Classical-period composers
- People from Valtice
- Pupils of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
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