Johann Georg Ahle
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Johann Georg Ahle was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.
. His father was Johann Rudolph Ahle
, who supplied him with early musical training. At the age of 23 he succeeded his late father at the post of organist at St. Balsius in Mühlhausen; J.S. Bach would later hold this post. In 1671 his first book of aria
s was published, Neues Zehn Geistlicher Arien; all copies of this work are now lost, though a fragment survives. He, like his father, also became a city councilman in Mühlhausen. In 1680 he was named poet laureate
by Emperor Leopold I.
Ahle's most well-known theoretical treatise was Johan Georg Ahlens musikalisches Gespräche (1695–1701), published in four volumes. His works, many of which are lost, included sacred and secular choral works, as well as novel
s which incorporated songs or musical interludes.
Biography
Ahle was born at MühlhausenMühlhausen
Mühlhausen is a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.-History:...
. His father was Johann Rudolph Ahle
Johann Rudolph Ahle
Johann Rudolph Ahle was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.-Biography:Ahle was born in Mühlhausen, Thuringia. While not much is known of his early musical training, he studied at the grammar school in Göttingen and then studied theology at the University of...
, who supplied him with early musical training. At the age of 23 he succeeded his late father at the post of organist at St. Balsius in Mühlhausen; J.S. Bach would later hold this post. In 1671 his first book of aria
Aria
An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...
s was published, Neues Zehn Geistlicher Arien; all copies of this work are now lost, though a fragment survives. He, like his father, also became a city councilman in Mühlhausen. In 1680 he was named poet laureate
Poet Laureate
A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
by Emperor Leopold I.
Ahle's most well-known theoretical treatise was Johan Georg Ahlens musikalisches Gespräche (1695–1701), published in four volumes. His works, many of which are lost, included sacred and secular choral works, as well as novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s which incorporated songs or musical interludes.