Bernhard Klein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernhard Klein

German composer

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1793

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1832

Profession: composer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Bernhard Joseph Klein (6 March 1793 – 9 September 1832) was a German composer. Klein was born in Cologne.
He married Lili Parthey (born Berlin, 2 October 1800 – died 2 August 1829), who was the sister of Gustav Parthey (1798–1832) and the granddaughter of Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811).
Their daughter, Elisabeth Klein (1828–1899) married Egyptologist Carl Richard Lepsius (1810–1883) on 5 July 1846. In 1812 he went to Paris and became a pupil of Luigi Cherubini.Klein was the director of music at Cologne Cathedral after studying at the Paris Conservatory.
In 1819 at the request of Carl Friedrich Zelter he came to Berlin, where he spent the rest of his life.
In 1820 he became professor of composition at the Royal Institute for Church Music, as well as Music Director at the University of Berlin.
Together with his friend, music critic Ludwig Rellstab, he founded the Second Berlin Song Board (Zweiten Berliner Liedertafel). Klein composed oratorios, a Mass, a Magnificat, a cantata, psalms, hymns, and motets, along with three operas, songs, and piano pieces.
His conservative style of composition was influenced by Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut.



Description	German sculptor, painter, graphic artist and lithographer
Date of birth/death	20 May 1764	27 January 1850
Location of birth/death	Berlin	Berlin
Work location	Berlin
Authority control	: Q51989 VIAF: 27170885 ISNI: 0000 0001 2125 3232 ULAN: 500020339 LCCN: n83006938 WGA: SCHADOW, Johann Gottfried WorldCat