Johan Agrell on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Johan Joachim Agrell (1 February 170119 January 1765) was a late German/Swedish
The Agrell family's homepage
* 1701 births 1765 deaths 18th-century classical composers 18th-century German people German Baroque composers German Classical-period composers Swedish classical composers German male classical composers Swedish Baroque composers 18th-century Swedish musicians 18th-century German composers 18th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub
Johan Joachim Agrell (1 February 170119 January 1765) was a late German/Swedish baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
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 Defi ...
.
He was born in Löth parish, Memming district, Östergötland
Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...
, a province in Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, and studied in Uppsala. By 1734 he was a violinist at the Kassel court, travelling in England, France, Italy, and elsewhere. From 1746 onward, he was ''Kapellmeister
(, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...
'' in Nuremberg. He wrote occasional vocal works and numerous symphonies
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning com ...
, harpsichord
A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecĂn; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...
concerto
A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...
s and sonata
Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...
s, many of which were published. He was a fluent composer in the north German galant
The galant style was an 18th-century movement in music, visual arts and literature. In Germany a closely related style was called the '' empfindsamer Stil'' (sensitive style). Another close relative is rococo style. The galant style was drawn in ...
style of the time, and is also an appreciated musician and conductor. According to Per Lindfors
Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita.
Per or PER may also refer to:
Places
* IOC country code for Peru
* PĂ©r, a village in Hungary
* Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland
Mat ...
, it is said that Agrell composed at least 22 symphonies. Lindfors 1948 He died at Nuremberg.
Agrell also used the following variants of his name: Johan Agrelius, Giovanni Agrell, Giovanni Aggrell, Johann Agrell, Johann Joachim Agrell.
References
Bibliography
*External links
The Agrell family's homepage
* 1701 births 1765 deaths 18th-century classical composers 18th-century German people German Baroque composers German Classical-period composers Swedish classical composers German male classical composers Swedish Baroque composers 18th-century Swedish musicians 18th-century German composers 18th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub