Christopher Meineke (''né Christoph Meineke''; 1 May 1782,
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
– 6 November 1850,
Baltimore
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) was an American organist and composer.
Life
Born in Oldenburg, he later moved to England around 1810 and eventually settled in Baltimore in 1820. Meineke's secular works were published by the Baltimore-based music printer,
John Cole. As a composer, his alternative first names were ''Charles'' and ''Karl''. Meineke was known for his interests in medieval and early Christian-themed composition, such as recreating
Gloria Patri
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(Glory Be to the Father) or composing with the help of medieval era-evoking works by
Felicia Hemans
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in a much more contemporary setting.
Compositions
The Bird at SeaA New Instruction for the Piano Forte
*Works for the Fourth of July
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1782 births
1850 deaths
American male organists
American composers
Musicians from Baltimore
19th-century American musicians
People from the Holy Roman Empire
Immigrants to the United States