Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille
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Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille (20 February 1761, Bayreuth 2 March 1838 Stuttgart
) was a German pianist and composer.
His father was baronial valet in Bayreuth. He was educated at the Karlsschule in Stuttgart where his teachers were Antonio Boroni, Ferdinando Mazzanti, and Johann Gottlieb Sämann. In 1782 he became member of the musicians of the Court; in 1802 he became concertmaster and later organist of the Court. He retired in 1832.
He wrote several folk songs, concerts, and two operas, Amor und Psyche
and Peter und Ännchen
, in the same style as Mozart.
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
) was a German pianist and composer.
His father was baronial valet in Bayreuth. He was educated at the Karlsschule in Stuttgart where his teachers were Antonio Boroni, Ferdinando Mazzanti, and Johann Gottlieb Sämann. In 1782 he became member of the musicians of the Court; in 1802 he became concertmaster and later organist of the Court. He retired in 1832.
He wrote several folk songs, concerts, and two operas, Amor und Psyche
Amor und Psyche
Amor und Psyche is an opera in four acts composed by Ludwig Abeille to a German libretto by Franz Carl Hiemer . Based on the story of Cupid and Psyche, the opera premiered on January 18, 1800 at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart...
and Peter und Ännchen
Peter und Ännchen
Peter und Ännchen is an opera in one act composed by Ludwig Abeille to a German libretto by Franz Carl Hiemer...
, in the same style as Mozart.
Sources
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version at WikisourceWikisourceWikisource is an online digital library of free content textual sources on a wiki, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its aims are to host all forms of free text, in many languages, and translations. Originally conceived as an archive to store useful or important historical texts, it has...