Anders von Düben the Younger (; 28 August 167323 August 1738) was a

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

Kapellmeister ( , , ), from German (chapel) and (master), literally "master of the chapel choir", designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term has evolved considerably in i ...

and

Hofmarschall The ''Hofmarschall'' (plural: Hofmarschälle) was the administrative official in charge of a princely German court, supervising all its economic affairs. Historically, every civil service was regarded as court service (e.g. the Russian nobility i ...

. He was a member of the

Düben family The Düben family () is a noble family of German descent, originating in Saxony, Holy Roman Empire, whose members were elevated to the Swedish nobility, that rose to prominence with Andreas Düben (–1662), an organist to the German Church ...

, which is noted for its role in the establishment of professional musical culture in Sweden.

Early life

Anders von Düben was born into the

, a Swedish noble family known for its baroque music. He was the son of

Gustaf Düben Gustaf Düben (also spelt Gustav) (; 1624/1628December 19, 1690) was a Swedish organist and composer. Early life Born into the Düben family, in the 1620s in Stockholm, Sweden, he was the son of the German-born Andreas Düben, an organist, and ...

and Emerentia Standaert, thus of

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and

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descent. His siblings included Joachim and

Emerentia Emerentia is the name given for a grandmother of Mary, mother of Jesus, in some European traditions and art from the late 15th century. She is not to be confused with Saint Emerentiana, a Roman martyr of the 3rd century who features briefly in Al ...

, who served as Queen Ulrika Eleonora's lady-in-waiting.

Musical career

Düben studied in

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during the 1690s, and acquired the position of court chapel master at the Swedish royal court orchestra in 1698. Düben thereafter took office as chamberlain and ''hofmarschall''. Düben composed a few works, including both vocal music and instrumental music. One of his documented compositions was vocal music for the ''Ballet de Narva'' mounted in Stockholm in 1701. Düben was ennobled in 1707, and raised to

baronial Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight ...

rang in 1719. Joachim and Emerentia were also elevated to nobility at the same time. By 1726, Düben had given up all his musical works to devote his time in his responsibilities at court.

Family

Düben married with Ulrika Friedenreich in 1700; Hedvig Ulrika Fleming af Lieblitz in 1715; and Christina Sparwenfeld in 1718, whose father was the linguist

Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld (; (17 July, 1655 – 2 June, 1727) was a 17th-century Swedish diplomat, linguist, polyglot and diarist. Biography Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld was born to Johan Sparwenfeld (1618–1698) and Christina Uggla. Sparwenfeld b ...

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Mss. of works collected by the family, the "Düben collection"
1673 births 1738 deaths 17th-century classical composers 17th-century Swedish musicians 18th-century Swedish musicians Swedish Baroque composers Swedish classical composers Swedish male classical composers Swedish people of German descent Swedish people of Dutch descent 17th-century male musicians 18th-century male musicians

Anders Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering, Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres (name), Andres via metathesis (linguistics), metathesis. In Sweden, A ...