Johannes Schenck
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Johannes Schenck was a Dutch musician and composer.
Schenck was born in Amsterdam
in 1660 where he was baptised on 3 June into the Reformed Church. He became a renowned virtuoso viola da gamba player.
His compositions included music for a Dutch Singspiel, Bacchus, Ceres en Venus, which can claim to be the first opera in Dutch, and from which songs were published in 1687, as well as works for the viola da gamba.
Around 1696 he accepted an appointment to the court of Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm II in Düsseldorf
although after Johann Wilhelm's death in 1716, the electoral court moved to Mannheim
.
There is some uncertainty about the date of Schenck's death as there is no mention found in the Düsseldorf Protestant church records or parish and cemetery records in Amsterdam although he is no longer mentioned in the list of court musicians compiled in 1717.
Schenck was born in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
in 1660 where he was baptised on 3 June into the Reformed Church. He became a renowned virtuoso viola da gamba player.
His compositions included music for a Dutch Singspiel, Bacchus, Ceres en Venus, which can claim to be the first opera in Dutch, and from which songs were published in 1687, as well as works for the viola da gamba.
Around 1696 he accepted an appointment to the court of Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm II in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
although after Johann Wilhelm's death in 1716, the electoral court moved to Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim 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....
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There is some uncertainty about the date of Schenck's death as there is no mention found in the Düsseldorf Protestant church records or parish and cemetery records in Amsterdam although he is no longer mentioned in the list of court musicians compiled in 1717.
Works
- op. 1 Weltliche und kirchliche Vokalmusik
- op. 2 „Tyd en Konst-Oeffeningen“ (Amsterdam, 1688)
- op. 3 12 Trio SonatasTrio sonataThe trio sonata is a musical form that was popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries.A trio sonata is written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo, making three parts in all, hence the name trio sonata...
„Il Giardino Armonico“ (Amsterdam, 1691) - op. 6 Scherzi musicali (Amsterdam, 1701)
- op. 7 Suonate a violino e violone o cimbalo (Amsterdam, 1699)
- op. 8 Le Nymphe di Rheno (Amsterdam, 1704)
- op. 9 L'Echo du Danube (Amsterdam, 1706)
- op. 10 Les fantaisies bisarres de la goutte, viola da gamba, bc, op.10 (Amsterdam, 1711/2), lost
Recordings
- Nymphs of the Rhine, Vol. 1 (Naxos CD 8.554414)
- Nymphs of the Rhine, Vol. 2 (Naxos CD 8.554415)
- Bacchus, Ceres en Venus Camerata TrajectinaCamerata TrajectinaCamerata Trajectina is a Dutch early music ensemble.The ensemble was founded in Utrecht in 1974 by Jos van Veldhoven and Jan Nuchelmans...
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