Johann Anton Coberg

Johann Anton Coberg (* 1650 in Rotenburg an der Fulda, † 1708 in Berlin) was a German composer, court organist and harpsichordist.

Life

Johann Anton Coberg moved at a young age to Hanover, where he was probably a pupil of Clamor Heinrich Abel and Nicolaus Adam Strungk. In 1668 he entered the Hanoverian Court Orchestra. He became the first organist of the New Town Church and later 1681 court organist of Duke Ernst August. At the suggestion of Agostino Steffani, he was also the musical education of the ducal family, including the later Prussian Queen Sophie Charlotte, who particularly appreciated him. Sophie Charlotte also prompted that Coberg was repeatedly sent to spend several months at the Prussian court. During the last of these visits he died of a stroke and was buried in Berlin.

Coberg wrote sacred works, pieces for orchestra, organ and harpsichord. His estate went about his nephew, the cantor CA Heinert in Minden in the possession. The majority of his works seem to have been lost, including those mentioned by Johann Mattheson rules of thorough bass, together with a concise exercise in the dissonance.

Cobergs daughter Sophia Margaretha married in 1709 the Hanoverian organ builder Christian father.

In 2013 Coberg was honored by the establishment of a world created by Ewald hull bronze sculpture in the garden of Castle Rotenburg.