Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (Jügel) Detail 2

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747,

Lüneburg Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also called ...

– 10 June 1800,

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) was a German musician. He is best known as the composer of the melody for

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's poems "

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" and " Wir pflügen und wir streuen", and the

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Life

Schulz attended St. Michaelis school in Lüneburg from 1757 to 1759 and then the Johanneum there from 1759 to 1764. In 1765, he was the student in

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of composer Johann Kirnberger, and then taught in Berlin himself. In 1768 Kirnberger recommended Schulz for the position of music teacher and accompanist to the Polish Princess Sapieha Woiwodin von Smolensk. Schulz traveled with her for 3 years throughout Europe, where he came into contact with many new musical ideas. He served as the conductor of the French Theatre in Berlin from 1776 to 1780 and from 1780 to 1787 he was the '' Kapellmeister'' of Prince Henry in

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. Schulz then went on to serve as Court ''Kapellmeister'' in

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from 1787 to 1795 before returning to Berlin. Schulz wrote

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s, stage music,

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s, and cantatas, as well as piano pieces and folk songs; he also wrote articles on music theory for Johann Georg Sulzer's (1720–1779) ''Allgemeine Theorie der schönen Künste'' in four volumes.

Selected works

For piano

*''Sechs Klavierstücke'', Op. 1, 1778 *Sonata, Op. 2, 1778

Lieder

*''Gesänge im Volkston'', 1779 *''Lieder im Volkston'', 1782, 1785, 1790. *''Chansons Italiennes'', 1782

Operas

*''Clarissa'', operetta,

1775 *''La fée Urgèle'', comédie avec ariettes, 1782 *''Aline, reine de Golconde'', Rheinsberg 1787 *''Høstgildet'', Syngespil,

1790 *''Indtoget'', Syngespil, Copenhagen 1793 *''Peters bryllup'', Syngespil, Copenhagen 1793

Incidental music

*Music for ''

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'' by

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1785

Church music

*''Maria und Johannes'', 1788 *''Kristi død'', 1792 *''Des Erlösers letzte Stunde'', 1794 *4 Hymns, 1791–1794

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References

Portions of the biographical information in this article are based on a translation of its German equivalent.

External links

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Cyber Hymnal: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
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