Johann Gottfried Arnold
Johann Gottfried Arnold (15 February 1773 – 16 July 1806) was a German cellist and composer.
Life
He was the son of the schoolmaster of Niedernhall near Oehringen in Württemberg. From his earliest childhood he showed such a passion and aptitude for music that his father apprenticed him in his twelfth year to the musical director (Stadtmusikus) of the neighbouring town of Künzelsau. During this time he devoted himself chiefly to the practice of the cello, at which, under the influence of a most exacting master, he worked with such diligence as, it is said, permanently to injure his health.[1]
In 1789, his term of apprenticeship came to an end, and the following year he took his first regular engagement at Wertheim, where his uncle, Friedrich Adam Arnold, was established as musical director. He continued to study with unabated energy. After making concert tours in Switzerland and Germany, he spent some time at Regensburg in order to take advantage of the instruction of the able cellist Maximilian Willmann. Making constant improvement, he visited Berlin and Hamburg, at which latter town he had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of Bernhard Romberg, whose style and method he studied to great advantage.[1]
In 1799, he became attached to the theatre at Frankfurt as first cellist, where he occupied himself much with composition, and enjoyed a great reputation both as executant and teacher. The career however of this young and talented artist was speedily cut short, for he died of an affection of the lungs in 1806 at the early age of thirty-four.[1]
The pianist and composer Carl Arnold was his son.[2]
Works
Besides compositions and 'transcriptions' for his own particular instrument, he wrote original pieces for the flute and piano, and made quartet arrangements of various operas, etc. Fétis ('Biographie') gives a list of his compositions, including five concertos for the violoncello; a symphonic concertante for two flutes and orchestra; airs with variations, op. 9 (Bonn); and easy pieces for the guitar.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Hudson, Thomas Percy (1900). Grove, George (ed.). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company. . In
- ^ Arrey von Dommer (1875), "Arnold, Johann Gottfried", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 588–589
Bibliography
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Grove, George, ed. (1900). . A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company.
- "J. G. Arnold", in Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung 12 (18909/1), Sp. 609–616, Sp. 625–630.
- Lynda Lloyd-Rees: "Arnold, Johann Gottfried", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1st edition (London: Macmillan, 1980), pp. 614–615.
- Wolfgang Matthäus (ed. SL): "Arnold, Familie", in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, biographical part vol. 1 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1999), col. 983–984.
- Andreas Wolfgang Flad: "Biography" in Johann Gottfried Arnold (1773–1806). Drei Konzerte (Denkmäler der Musik in Baden-Württemberg, vol. 23) (Munich: Strube, 2016), pp. XV–XXV.
External links
- Free scores by Johann Gottfried Arnold at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Johann Gottfried Arnold at the BMLO
- J.G.Arnold complete and first Realisation of his 5 Celloconcertos by Steffen Fahl
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