Johann André
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Johann André was a German
musician
, composer
and music publisher.
In 1774, as the patriarch of a Huguenot
family, André founded one of the first music publishing houses to be independent of a bookshop, in Offenbach am Main. Among his closest friends in Offenbach were Goethe, at the time of his engagement to Anna Elisabeth Schönemann, and he is pictured in the seventeenth book of Goethe's autobiography Dichtung und Wahrheit
with an Offenbach am Main background in 1775.
In 1777, André was appointed musical director at the German Theatre in Berlin
, without having to abandon Offenbach am Main. He composed some 30 operas, ballads and songs.
His son, Johann Anton André
(1775–1842), followed his footsteps into composing
and music theory
. After taking over the music publishing business from his father in 1799, Johann Anton André acquired Mozart
's musical legacy from Constanze Mozart in Vienna. He developed the music publishing business and introduced lithography
for printing of notes. Musikhaus André and the Musikverlag Johann André, with their wide-ranging musical archive, still exist today in the centre of Offenbach.
Germany
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and music publisher.
In 1774, as the patriarch of a Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
family, André founded one of the first music publishing houses to be independent of a bookshop, in Offenbach am Main. Among his closest friends in Offenbach were Goethe, at the time of his engagement to Anna Elisabeth Schönemann, and he is pictured in the seventeenth book of Goethe's autobiography Dichtung und Wahrheit
Dichtung und Wahrheit
Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit is an autobiography by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that comprises the time from the poet's childhood to the days in 1775, when he was about to leave for Weimar....
with an Offenbach am Main background in 1775.
In 1777, André was appointed musical director at the German Theatre in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, without having to abandon Offenbach am Main. He composed some 30 operas, ballads and songs.
His son, Johann Anton André
Johann Anton André
Johann Anton André was a German composer and music publisher.André wrote operas, symphonies, masses, and lieder, as well as a still unfinished Lehrbuch der Tonsetzkunst in two volumes...
(1775–1842), followed his footsteps into composing
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
and music theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
. After taking over the music publishing business from his father in 1799, Johann Anton André acquired Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
's musical legacy from Constanze Mozart in Vienna. He developed the music publishing business and introduced lithography
Lithography
Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
for printing of notes. Musikhaus André and the Musikverlag Johann André, with their wide-ranging musical archive, still exist today in the centre of Offenbach.
Works
- Der TöpferDer TöpferDer Töpfer is a singspiel, described as a komische Oper, in one act by Johann André. The libretto was by the composer. The work was one of the first German operas to be published in full score.-Performance history:...
(HanauHanauHanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
, 1773) - Erwin und ElmireErwin und Elmire (André)Erwin und Elmire is a singspiel, described as a Schauspiel mit Gesang, in two acts by the German composer Johann André, with a libretto by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, after Oliver Goldsmith's ballad of Angelica and Edwin, The Hermit, in chapter 8 of his sentimental novel The Vicar of...
(FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, 1775) - Der alte Freyer (Frankfurt, 1775)
- Herzog Michael oder Die Nachtigall (BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, 1775) - Der Barbier von Sevilien oder Die unnütze Vorsicht (Berlin 1776)
- Die Bezauberten oder Peter und Hannchen (Berlin, 1777)
- Der Fürst im höchsten Glanze (Berlin, 1777)
- Die Schadenfreude (Berlin, 1778)
- Der Alchymist oder Der Liebesteufel (Berlin, 1778)
- Laura Rosetti (Berlin, 1778)
- Die Grazien (Berlin, 1778)
- Azakia (Berlin, 1778)
- Claudine von Villa Bella (Berlin, 1778)
- Das tartarische Gesetz (Berlin, 1779)
- Alter schützt vor Thorheit nicht (MannheimMannheimMannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
, 1779) - Die Friedensfeyer oder Die unvermuthete Wiederkunft (Berlin, 1779)
- Friedrichs glorreichster Sieg (Berlin, 1779)
- Kurze Thorheit ist die beste (Berlin, 1780)
- Das wüthende Heer oder Das Mädchen im Thurme (Berlin, 1780)
- Heinrich der Erhabene aus dem Stamme der Brennen (Berlin, 1780)
- Der Zauberspiegel (Berlin, 1781)
- Belmont und Constanze oder Die Entführung aus dem SerailBelmont und ConstanzeBelmont und Constanze, oder Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner is a libretto, published in 1781, telling the story of the hero Belmonte, assisted by his servant Pedrillo, attempting to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the seraglio of the Pasha Selim...
(Berlin, 1781) - Mehr als Großmuth (Berlin, 1781)
- Elmine (Berlin, 1782)
- Eins wird doch helfen oder Die Werbung aus Liebe (Berlin, 1782)
- Der Liebhaber als Automat oder Die redende Maschine (Berlin, 1782)
- Der Barbier von Bagdad (Berlin, 1783)
- Der Bräutigam in der Klemme (Frankfurt, 1796)