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

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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

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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 ...

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

), 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Bernhard 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