Bernhard Joseph Klein (6 March 1793 – 9 September 1832) was a German

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

Life

Klein was born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. He married

Lili Parthey Lili Parthey (real name ''Elisabeth Parthey'' (1800 – 1829) was a German author whose diaries are regarded as important historical testimonies to the Biedermeier era. Life Parthey was a granddaughter of Friedrich Nicolai and a sister of Gusta ...

(1800–1829) who was the sister of

Gustav Parthey Gustav Friedrich Konstantin Parthey (27 October 1798 – 2 April 1872) was a German philologist and art historian. Life Born in Berlin, Parthey was the son of (1745–1822), Geheimrat in the General Finance Directorate in Berlin, and Wilhelmine ...

(1798–1872) and the granddaughter of Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811). Their daughter, Elisabeth Klein (1828–1899), married

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Carl Richard Lepsius (1810–1883) on 5 July 1846. In 1812, he went to Paris and became a pupil of

Luigi Cherubini Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethov ...

.A Dictionary of Pianists and Composers for the Pianoforte: With an Appendix of Manufacturers of the Instrument
by Ernst Pauer, published by Novello in 1895 (via Google Books), p. 59. After leaving the

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, Klein became the director of music at

Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral (, , officially , English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archd ...

. In 1819, at the request of

Carl Friedrich Zelter Carl Friedrich Zelter (11 December 1758 15 May 1832)Grove/Fuller-Datei:Carl-Friedrich-Zelter.jpegMaitland, 1910. The Zelter entry takes up parts of pages 593-595 of Volume V. was a German composer, conductor and teacher of music. Working in his ...

, 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 The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

. Together with his friend, music critic Ludwig Rellstab, he founded the Second Berlin Song Board (''Zweite Berliner Liedertafel''). Klein composed

oratorio An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble. Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguisha ...

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, a

Magnificat The Magnificat (Latin for "y soulmagnifies he Lord) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary or Canticle of Mary, and in the Byzantine Rite as the Ode of the Theotokos (). Its Western name derives from the incipit of its Latin text. This ...

, a

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ...

psalm The Book of Psalms ( , ; ; ; ; , in Islam also called Zabur, ), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ('Writings'), and a book of the Old Testament. The book is an anthology of H ...

hymn A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' d ...

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motet In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the preeminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to the Eng ...

s, along with three

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s, songs, and piano pieces. His conservative style of composition was influenced by

Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (4 January 1772Garratt, James. (2002) ''Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination'', Cambridge University Press. p.40. .20 March 1840), was a German jurist and musician. Early life He was born at Hamelin, in Ha ...

Works

* ''Worte des Glaubens'', cantata (1817) * ''Hiob'', cantata (1820) (a setting of the story of

Job Work, labor (labour in Commonwealth English), occupation or job is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and desires of themselves, other people, or organizations. In the context of economics, work can be seen as the huma ...

) * ''Dido'' (after Ludwig Rellstab), opera (1823) * ''Ariadne'', opera (1824) * ''Irene'', opera * ''Jephtha'', oratorio (1828, Cologne) * ''David'', oratorio (1830, Halle) * ''Athalia'', oratorio * piano sonatas * songs

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Bernhard 1793 births 1832 deaths German opera composers German Romantic composers German male opera composers 19th-century German classical composers 19th-century German male musicians Musicians from Cologne Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Oratorio composers Composers for piano