Heinrich Baermann
Heinrich Joseph Baermann ( born February 14, 1784 in Potsdam, † June 11, 1847 in Munich) was a German clarinettist.
Life
Baermann was the son of a Prussian military musician, his brother Carl also struck this career. He received his first clarinet lessons from 1797 to 1804 at the Military School of Music at Potsdam with clarinetist Joseph Beer, who was employed at the time as Prussian royal chamber musician.
1804 Prince Louis Ferdinand became aware of the twenty-year Baermann and finally summoned him to Berlin, where he of the royal court musician Franz Tausch ( 1762-1817 ) was taught.
1806 broke Napoleon's declaration of war against Prussia and Russia his stay in Berlin; Baermann participated as a military musician part in the fighting and was taken prisoner, from which he was able to free himself but. He returned to the occupied by the French in Berlin, but could not find work. Provided with a letter of the Bavarian Crown Prince, he went to Munich, and after his initial involvement in the marriage ceremonies of the eldest daughter of the royal family King Maximilian I offered him the post of first clarinetist in the court orchestra.
Heinrich Joseph Baermann to 1834 was at the head of the Royal Bavarian clarinetist. Admired and revered he was able to increase his reputation mainly through numerous concert tours throughout Europe and consolidate. His technical brilliance and artistic sense also helped him to international fame. The demand repeatedly raised in the textbooks, the clarinetist must sing on his instrument, was met by Baermann in an optimal way.
The encounter and friendship with Carl Maria von Weber and later Felix Mendelssohn was for the artists at a time shared creativity and mutual inspiration. Without an acquaintance with Baermann Weber would probably not come up with the idea to create such a rich work for the clarinet. Mendelssohn wrote for Henry and his accompanying son of Carl on December 30, 1832 in Berlin, the Concert Piece for clarinet, basset horn and piano.
As a teacher he has strongly influenced the high qualification of the next generation clarinetist. His son Carl Baermann was his most famous student and partner on his concert tours. Carl Baermann's mother was the singer Helene Harlas ( 1785-1818 ).
The expectations of his time to a fulfilling instrumentalists, Baermann clarinet has published numerous compositions, of which an adagio for clarinet was first falsely attributed to the young Richard Wagner attributed.
In June 1847, Heinrich Joseph Baermann died and was buried with great sympathy of the people of Munich on the South Cemetery.