Johann Baptist Schenk

Johann Baptist Schenk ( also Schenck ) ( born November 30, 1753 Wiener Neustadt, † December 29, 1836 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer.

Life

Johann Schenk was trained as a choirboy by Antonio Tomaselli in song before he came in Baden (Lower Austria ) for Anton Stoll, who gave him thorough bass, Violin and Wind Instruments lessons. From 1773 to 1779 he was educated in Vienna by Georg Christoph Wagenseil in composition, here he learned the art of Palestrina, Galuppi, Hasse and Handel know and piano lessons in the works of Bach and Handel.

1780 Fair Schenk was performed at St. Stephen's and 1779 and his Stabat mater. During this time he began a successful career as a composer of operettas and popular operas. End of the 1780s created numerous instrumental compositions. Schenk earned his living primarily as a piano and composition teacher.

Schenk's most important pupil was the young Ludwig van Beethoven, which he issued in 1793 counterpoint lessons. About the lessons he has expressed in his 1830 autobiographical sketch incurred, whose original, the Göttweig Abbey, detail.

Of his numerous, distinguished by sparkling humor and melodies River works of this genre deserve the stage works that belong to the genus of the German Singspiel, as experienced by reform efforts of Emperor Joseph II, a flower, to be highlighted, including The Village Barber (1795 ), whose Prague performance of Carl Maria von Weber was passed, The beggar Student (1796 ) and The Cooper (1802 ). The attempt of an opera based on the model of Gluck failed. Schenk's final resting place is the St. Marx Cemetery in Vienna.

Works (selection)

  • Church Music (2 fairs, Stabat Mater, 2 litanies, Miserere )
  • Several cantatas
  • About 20 singing games (some of which were not listed )
  • 10 symphonies
  • Overtures
  • 3 concerts for pedal harp
  • 5 string quartets and other chamber music
  • "Principles of the figured bass by Beyspiele explained " ( Autobiographical Sketch, 1830)
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