Johann Christoph Denner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German Musical instrument maker
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Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany
About Johann Christoph Denner
- Johann Christoph Denner (August 13, 1655 – April 26, 1707) was a famous woodwind instrument maker of the Baroque era, to whom the invention of the clarinet is attributed. Denner was born in Leipzig to a family of horn-tuners.
- With his father, Heinrich Denner, a maker of game whistles and hunting horns, he moved to Nuremberg in 1666.
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- Denner went into business as an instrument maker in 1678 and was granted rights for the “manufacture of French musical instruments consisting chiefly of oboes and recorders [flandadois]” in 1697.
- Two of his sons, Jacob and Johann David, also became instrument builders.
- At least sixty-eight instruments attributed to J.
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- Denner have survived to the present day, although the surviving instruments with his name are believed to have come from his sons' workshops.
- Denner died in 1707 and was buried in Nuremberg.In 1730, Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr wrote of Denner: At the beginning of the current century, he invented a new kind of pipe-work, the so-called clarinet...
- and at length presented an improved chalumeau.On the basis of this passage, Denner has been credited by many with the improvement of the chalumeau and the invention of the clarinet.
- Despite the words "At the beginning of the current century" he is often said to have developed the clarinet in 1690; there is no evidence for this.
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- Denner may have built no clarinets at all.
- Only one extant clarinet, owned by the University of California, Berkeley has been attributed to him, and this attribution has been challenged.
- Another instrument possibly made by Denner was destroyed in World War II.
- The earliest known reference to the clarinet is an invoice from Jacob Denner dated 1710, three years after J.
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- Denner's death.
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