John Frederick Lampe
Johann Friedrich Lampe (Anglicized John Frederick lamp; * 1703 probably in Saxony, † July 25, 1751 in Edinburgh ) was a German - British composer and bassoonist.
Little is known about Lampe's youth and education. Apparently he had relations with Catherine's school in Brunswick; by its own account, he studied in Helmstedt music.
In 1725 lamp came to London, where he obtained employment as a bassoonist at the King 's Theatre, where at that time the most ( Italian ) George Frideric Handel operas were performed. Undetectable he also played the built for Handel by Thomas Stanesby Jr. double bassoon.
1730 lamp wrote for John Rich ( 1692-1761 ), the music for the pantomime at Covent Garden Theatre, 1732 his first ( English ) opera Amelia, with a libretto by Henry Carey. With him, he wrote his 1737 also by far the most successful work, the opera parody The Dragon of Wantley that experienced more contemporary performances as Gays Beggar's Opera. A sequel, Margery, or A Worse Plague than the Dragon, had less success. Lamp wrote constantly on comic and satirical opera for Covent Garden, as in 1745, a setting of Shakespeare's version of Pyramus and Thisbe. 1740 had his musical pantomime Colombine courtezan with a written by Kitty Clive text a success in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
1738 or 1739 married lamp the singer Isabella Young, a sister in law Thomas Arne, with whom he played several concert programs. 1740 their son Charles John Frederick lamp was born, who was also active as a composer and organist. With his family, he went on several tours, where concerts were given, usually also the Dragon of Wantley. 1748/49, the Lampe were in Dublin, in 1750 they moved from there to Edinburgh. This lamp died of a fever and was buried in the Canongate Churchyard, where today his grave stone to visit.
Creating Lampe focuses on the English-language parody of the then successful Italian opera house, who bore the generic name Burlesque Opera or Mock Opera. He also provided the music for several pantomimes and some incidental music. In addition to the nearly 30 occupied music for the stage, he wrote a flute concerto The Cuckoo, various religious hymns ( among other texts of his friend Charles Wesley ) and a plurality of individual songs.
New version
- The dragon from Dönberg ( The Dragon of Wantley ), German Version of John Blum, Premiere on 4 February 2011 in Wuppertal Opera Little Theatre, directed by Iwona Jere.