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Bernhard Joseph Klein (6 March 1793 – 9 September 1832) was a German
composer.
Life
Klein was born in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
. He married
Lili Parthey
Lili Parthey (real name ''Elisabeth Parthey'' (1800 – 1829) was a German author whose diaries are regarded as important historical testimonies to the Biedermeier era.
Life
Parthey was a granddaughter of Friedrich Nicolai and a sister of Gust ...
(1800–1829) who was the sister of
Gustav Parthey Gustav Friedrich Konstantin Parthey (27 October 1798 – 2 April 1872) was a German philologist and art historian.
Life
Born in Berlin, Parthey was the son of (1745–1822), Geheimrat in the General Finance Directorate in Berlin, and Wilhelmine ...
(1798–1872) and the granddaughter of
Friedrich Nicolai
Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (18 March 1733 – 11 January 1811) was a German writer and bookseller.
Life
Nicolai was born in Berlin, where his father, Christoph Gottlieb Nicolai (d. 1752), was the founder of the bookseller ''Nicolaisch ...
(1733–1811). Their daughter, Elisabeth Klein (1828–1899), married
Egyptologist
Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religiou ...
Carl Richard Lepsius (1810–1883) on 5 July 1846.
In 1812, he went to Paris and became a pupil of
Luigi Cherubini.
A Dictionary of Pianists and Composers for the Pianoforte: With an Appendix of Manufacturers of the Instrument
by Ernst Pauer, published by Novello in 1895 (via Google Books), p. 59.
After leaving the Paris Conservatory
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
, Klein became the director of music at Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral (german: Kölner Dom, officially ', English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese o ...
. In 1819, at the request of Carl Friedrich Zelter
Carl Friedrich Zelter (11 December 1758 15 May 1832)Grove/Fuller-Datei:Carl-Friedrich-Zelter.jpegMaitland, 1910. The Zelter entry takes up parts of pages 593-595 of Volume V. was a German composer, conductor and teacher of music. Working in his ...
, he came to Berlin, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1820, he became professor of composition at the Royal Institute for Church Music as well as music director at the University of Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...
. Together with his friend, music critic Ludwig Rellstab
Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab (13 April 179927 November 1860) was a German poet and music critic. He was born and died in Berlin. He was the son of the music publisher and composer Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. An able pianist, he publ ...
, he founded the Second Berlin Song Board (''Zweite Berliner Liedertafel'').
Klein composed oratorio
An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is ...
s, a mass
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, a Magnificat
The Magnificat (Latin for " y soulmagnifies he Lord) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (). It is traditionally incorporated into the liturgical servic ...
, a cantata, psalm
The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived f ...
s, hymn
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hy ...
s, and motets, along with three opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...
s, songs, and piano pieces. His conservative style of composition was influenced by Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut
Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (4 January 1772Garratt, James. (2002) ''Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination'', Cambridge University Press. p.40. .20 March 1840), was a German jurist and musician.
Early life
He was born at Hamelin, in Ha ...
.
Works
* ''Worte des Glaubens'', cantata (1817)
* ''Hiob'', cantata (1820) (a setting of the story of Job
Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contr ...
)
* ''Dido'' (after Ludwig Rellstab
Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab (13 April 179927 November 1860) was a German poet and music critic. He was born and died in Berlin. He was the son of the music publisher and composer Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. An able pianist, he publ ...
), opera (1823)
* ''Ariadne'', opera (1824)
* ''Irene'', opera
* ''Jephtha'', oratorio (1828, Cologne)
* ''David'', oratorio (1830, Halle)
* ''Athalia'', oratorio
* piano sonatas
* songs
External links
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References
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1793 births
1832 deaths
19th-century classical composers
19th-century German composers
19th-century German male musicians
German male classical composers
German opera composers
German Romantic composers
Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
Male opera composers
Musicians from Cologne
Oratorio composers