Johann Ernst Eberlin

Johann Ernst Eberlin (born the March 27th 1702 with Jettingen close to Burgau in Bavaria, deceased the June 19th 1762 with Salzburg) was a Compositeur and German Organiste .

Biography

As of the ten years age, the Eberlin young person receives his education and especially his first musical formation with the college of the Jesuits of Augsburg. Its teachers are Georg Egger for the Musique and Balthazar Siberer for the Orgue. Of 1721 with 1723, Eberlin continues its studies at the university Bénédictin E of Salzburg and stops suddenly them.

In 1726, it becomes Organiste four keyboards with the service of the archbishop of Salzburg, Paris von Lobron. and will reach the top of its career as a Choirmaster organist of court and of the archbishop Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein. As such, it had the capacity to accompany musicalement the Liturgie S at the court and to assist in its music of table (Tafelmusik).

It could compose and lead orchestrations for the concerts of court and the plays. Its contemporaries were Leopold Mozart and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (of which he was occasionally the professor) like Anton Cajetan Adlgasser. By its enormous work of composition, Eberlin influenced many musicians.

Eberlin knew, thanks to its skilful work, to transform traditional the Baroque music into a new style. On the artistic level, it is located thus between Heinrich Biber and Joseph Haydn. Beside liturgical work, Eberlin also composed of the instrumental music and the operas. It also dealt to compose of the musics for the school bénédictine with tragedy of Salzburg.

It dies out in Salzburg on June 19th, 1762, at the 60 years age.

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