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Johan Daniel Berlin - Sinfonia a 5 for Cornetto and Strings in D Major
Johan Daniel Berlin (born 12 May 1714, Memel, Prussia – 4 November 1787, Trondheim, Norway) was a German-born Norwegian rococo composer and organist, remembered as one of the founders of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
Contents
- Johan Daniel Berlin Sinfonia a 5 for Cornetto and Strings in D Major
- Johan daniel berlin symphony 2 in d mvt 1
- Life
- Works for cembalo
- Works for orchestra
- Literature
- References
Johan daniel berlin symphony 2 in d mvt 1
Life
He was born in Memel (now Klaipeda, Lithuania). At the age of nineteen, he came to Copenhagen, starting out as an apprentice to the privileged town musician there, Andreas Berg. In 1737, he became the privileged town musician in Trondheim. In 1741, he became organist of the Nidaros Cathedral (1741–1787) and Var Frue Church (1752–1761). In addition, he held the positions as captain of the fire brigade and inspector of the water-works, practiced as an architect, land-surveyor, artisan, constructor and maker of instruments, made series of meteorological, geomagnetic, and astronomical observations, and was for 38 years an active member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
He allegedly composed many works, but only a few of the compositions of Berlin have been preserved. His book, Musicaliske Elementer (Musical Elements), printed in Trondheim in 1744, was the first Norwegian textbook on the theory of music and instruments.
Works for cembalo
- Dances (composed with his father, Johan Heinrich Berlin)
- Sonata in D minor
- Allegro
- Aria
- Minuet, no. 15, no. 18, no. 40, no. 45, no. 48, no. 49.
Works for orchestra
- Symphony no. 1 in D major
- Symphony no. 2 in D major
- Symphony no. 3 in D major
- Violin concerto in A major