Johann Melchior Molter (10 February 1696 – 12 January 1765) was a German composer and violinist of the late Baroque period.
Johann Melchior Molter
He was born at Tiefenort, near Eisenach, and was educated at the Gymnasium in Eisenach. By autumn 1717 he had left Eisenach and was working as a violinist in Karlsruhe. Here he married Maria Salome Rollwagen, with whom he had eight children. From 1719 to 1721 he studied composition in Italy. From 1722 to 1733 he was court Kapellmeister at Karlsruhe. In 1734 he became Kapellmeister at the court of Duke Wilhelm Heinrich of Saxe-Eisenach.
Maria died in 1737; by 1742 Molter had married Maria Christina Wagner. In that year he returned to Karlsruhe and began teaching at the gymnasium there. From 1747 to his death Molter was employed by Margrave Carl Friedrich of Baden-Durlach, the son of his first employer. He died at Karlsruhe.
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johann, melchior, molter, february, 1696, january, 1765, german, composer, violinist, late, baroque, period, born, tiefenort, near, eisenach, educated, gymnasium, eisenach, autumn, 1717, left, eisenach, working, violinist, karlsruhe, here, married, maria, salo. Johann Melchior Molter 10 February 1696 12 January 1765 was a German composer and violinist of the late Baroque period Johann Melchior MolterHe was born at Tiefenort near Eisenach and was educated at the Gymnasium in Eisenach By autumn 1717 he had left Eisenach and was working as a violinist in Karlsruhe Here he married Maria Salome Rollwagen with whom he had eight children From 1719 to 1721 he studied composition in Italy From 1722 to 1733 he was court Kapellmeister at Karlsruhe In 1734 he became Kapellmeister at the court of Duke Wilhelm Heinrich of Saxe Eisenach Maria died in 1737 by 1742 Molter had married Maria Christina Wagner In that year he returned to Karlsruhe and began teaching at the gymnasium there From 1747 to his death Molter was employed by Margrave Carl Friedrich of Baden Durlach the son of his first employer He died at Karlsruhe Molter s surviving works include an oratorio several cantatas over 140 symphonies overtures and other works for orchestra many concertos including some of the first clarinet concertos ever written and many pieces of chamber music One of Molter s many Trumpet Concertos is the signature piece of C SPAN s Washington Journal 1 References Edit Paul Bedard 22 June 2010 Brian Lamb C SPAN Now Reaches 100 Million Homes Washington Whispers U S News amp World Report Retrieved 8 November 2010 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johann Melchior Molter Free scores by Johann Melchior Molter at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP Klaus Hafner Molter Johann Melchior Grove Music Online ed L Macy accessed December 1 2006 grovemusic com Archived 2008 05 16 at the Wayback Machine subscription access This article about a German composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johann Melchior Molter amp oldid 1145478079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
