Georg Gebel was a German

Germany

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 musician

Musician

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 and composer

Composer

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.

Gebel was born in Brieg

Brzeg

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, Silesia

Silesia

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, to Georg Gebel the Elder

Georg Gebel (the elder)

Georg Gebel was a German composer, organist, and innovator in the construction of keyboard instruments.Gebel was born in Breslau, and became a tailor's apprentice, but ran away from the apprenticeship to study music. He studied under Winkler and Krause, and became organist at Brieg in 1709 and at...

, also a musician and composer. He studied music under his father, and in 1729 became second organist

Organist

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 at the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Breslau, as well as Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister . The words Kapelle and Meister derive from the Latin: capella and magister...

 to the Duke of Oels. He joined Heinrich von Brühl

Heinrich von Brühl

Heinrich, count von Brühl , was a German statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...

's orchestra in Dresden

Dresden

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 in 1735, where he met Pantaleon Hebenstreit, the inventor of the pantalon

Pantalon

The pantalon was a large variation on the hammered dulcimer, invented by Pantaleon Hebenstreit in the early 18th century and briefly popular in France and Germany.-Description:...

, and learned to play that instrument. In 1747 he was appointed Kapellmeister to John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. He died in Rudolstadt

Rudolstadt

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 in 1753.

Gebel was a prolific composer. While in Breslau, he wrote a variety of instrumental and vocal music, and while in Rudolstadt, wrote 12 opera

Opera

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s, two Passions, two Christmas

Christmas

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 cantata

Cantata

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s, sets of cantatas for several years, more than 100 orchestra symphonies

Symphony

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, partita

Partita

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s, concerto

Concerto

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s, and so on.

Works

• 144 cantatas
• 4 Kyrie
• Passionsmusik in 6 parts for soloist, chorus and orchestra (HKR 976)
• Weihnachtsoratorium (HKR 843)
• Neujahrsoratorium (HKR 827)

Recordings

• Georg Gebel: Weihnachtsoratorium and Neujahrsoratorium; Cantus Thuringia und Capella Thuringia, Leitung: Bernhard Klapprott, with Monika Mauch, Kai Wessel
  Kai Wessel
  Kai Wessel is a German countertenor and a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Köln.- Professional career :Kai Wessel started singing in school choirs and as a boy soprano at the Christus-Kirche of Hamburg-Wandsbek and received lessons on piano, organ and oboe...
  
  , Nico van der Meel, Peter Kooy
  Peter Kooy
  Peter Kooy is a Dutch bass singer specialized in baroque music.- Biography :Peter Kooy started his musical career at 6 years as a choir boy. However he started his musical studies as a violin student...
  
  , (Classic Production Osnabrück, Audio CD 2004)
• Georg Gebel: Johannes Passion, with: Ludger Rémy
  Ludger Rémy
  Ludger Rémy is a German harpsichordist, conductor and musicologist.- Biography :Ludger Rémy studied the harpsichord in Freiburg im Breisgau and continued his studies with Kenneth Gilbert in Paris. He was a teacher at several German academies including the Folkwang Hochschule and the Hochschule für...
  
  , Dorothee Mields
  Dorothee Mields
  Dorothee Mields is a German soprano concert singer of Baroque and contemporary music.-Career:Mields was born in Gelsenkirchen. She studied at the University of the Arts Bremen with Elke Holzmann, Harry van der Kamp and Gabriele Schreckenbach...
  
  , Henning Voss, Jan Kobow
  Jan Kobow
  Jan Kobow is a German classical tenor in concert, Lied and Baroque opera.-Professional career:Jan Kobow was born and raised in Berlin. He was a singer and soloist of the Staats- und Domchor, Berlin with Christian Grube. He studied the organ at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and graduated in church...
  
  , Klaus Mertens
  Klaus Mertens
  Klaus Mertens is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.-Professional career:Klaus Mertens took singing lessons while attending school...
  
  , Sebastian Bluth, Canto Weimar and Weimar Baroque Ensembles (Classic Production Osnabrück, Audio CD 2004)
• Christmas Cantatas Vol.1 Verfolge mich, o Welt;Gott Lob! Mein Jesus macht mich rein Veronika Winter, Britta Schwarz, Andreas Post, Matthias Vieweg, Les Amis de Philippe, Ludger Remy CPO, 2010
• Christmas Cantatas Vol.2 forthcoming