Johann Nepomuk Schelble, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Johann Nepomuk Schelble

German composer

Date of Birth: 16-May-1789

Place of Birth: Hüfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1837

Profession: composer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Johann Nepomuk Schelble

  • Johann Nepomuk Schelble (16 May 1789 – 6 August 1837), was a German musician and composer. Schelble was born in Hüfingen in the Black Forest.
  • At the age of 18 he obtained a position as court and opera singer in Stuttgart, and having there begun the study of composition, he wrote an opera (Graf Adalbert) and other smaller pieces for voices or instruments; there too he was appointed teacher at the musical school of the city.
  • Seven years later (1814), in order to perfect himself in his art, he went to Vienna, where he made the acquaintance of Beethoven.
  • Among other of his compositions during his stay is a Missa solemnis for four voices and orchestra.
  • Upon his arrival in Berlin in 1818, Clemens Brentano, with whom he had formed a friendship, procured him a place as first tenor in Frankfurt. In this city he remained for the rest of his life, and there founded the Society of St.
  • Cecilia, which worked to popularise classical music.
  • He began by giving a weekly musical entertainment in his own house; these meetings were popular, and before long he was able to give them a permanent form under the title Cäcilienverein.
  • Its members steadily increased in numbers: in 1818 he began with 21 members; in a few years there were a hundred.
  • The first concert given was the Magic Flute of Mozart; soon followed works by Händel, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, and after 1828 those of Bach, and earlier composers such as Palestrina, Pergolesi, etc.
  • In 1836 his health became impaired, and he returned to his native country to recuperate; but in vain.
  • The following year he died.
  • During his absence Felix Mendelssohn took his place as director of the society.
  • Such was Mendelssohn's affection for him, that at the death of his (Mendelssohn's) father, he reportedly wrote to Schelble: "You are the only friend who after such a loss can fill the place of my father". In 1831 Schelble commissioned Mendelssohn to write an Oratorio on behalf of the Society of St Cecilia.
  • Mendelssohn chose as his subject St.
  • Paul (oratorio).

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