August Eberhard Müller (13 December 1767,

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– 3 December 1817,

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) was a German composer, organist and choir leader.

Life

Trained by his organist father, he made his first public performance aged eight. He then studied under

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (21 June 1732 – 26 January 1795) was a German composer and harpsichordist, the fifth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, sometimes referred to as the "Bückeburg Bach". Born in Leipzig in the Electorate of Saxony, he w ...

at Bückeburg, where Müller served as organist at the Ulrichskirche until 1788. From 1789 he worked as choir leader, teacher and organist in

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. On the recommendation of

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, whom he had met in

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in 1792, Müller was made organist of the St. Nicholas Church in

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in 1794. In 1800 he was made the assistant to

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, who he succeeded as

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on his death in 1804. In 1810 he became

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of the ducal court in

. Müller kept J. S. Bach's works in the repertoire and also contributed to the spread of Viennese Classicism. In 1801 he conducted the first performance outside Vienna of

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's '' The Seasons''. He composed for the piano, writing two concertos, fourteen sonatas and various capriccios and other pieces. He also wrote seven flute concertos and other works for flute and orchestra, along with

étude An étude (; ) or study is an instrumental musical composition, designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular musical skill. The tradition of writing études emerged in the early 19th century with the rapidly growing popu ...

s for flute and piano. His son, Theodor Amadeus Müller, was a violinist.

Works

* ''Anleitung zum genauen und richtigen Vortrage der Mozart´schen Clavierconcerte in Absicht richtiger Applicatur.'' Leipzig 1797 * ''

La Clemenza di Tito (''The Clemency of Titus''), K. 621, is an ''opera seria'' in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro Metastasio. Mozart completed the work in the midst of composing ''Die Zauberfl ...

/ Opera seria composta da W. A. Mozart. Titus / ernsthafte Oper in zwei Akten von W. A. Mozart / aufs neue für das Klavier ausgezogen von A gustE. erhardMüller.'' Bei Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig. Pr. 2 Thlr. 803; his first piano adaptation of the opera appeared in 1795

External links

* *Robert Eitner
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Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...

'' (ADB). Vol 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 515–517. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mueller, August Eberhard 1767 births 1817 deaths Thomaskantors German Classical-period composers German male composers German organists German male organists German choral conductors German male conductors (music) 18th-century conductors (music) 19th-century German conductors (music) 18th-century German composers 18th-century German male musicians 19th-century German composers 18th-century German keyboardists Composers for piano