Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Painting from 1780 by his brother Friedrich Gotthard Naumann
Born	April 17, 1741 Blasewitz, Germany (near Dresden)
Died	October 23, 1801 Dresden, Germany
Occupation	Composer

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Life

Johann Gottlieb Naumann received his musical training from the teachers at his town school, who instructed him in piano and organ. Later he would be a student at the Kreuzschule in Dresden and a member of the Dresden Kreuzchor. In Dresden he was taught by the Organist and Cantor of the Kreuzschule, Gottfried August Homilius, a student of Bach. In May 1757, he traveled to Italy with the Swedish violinist Anders Wesström. The composer Giuseppe Tartini encountered Naumann and his works in 1762 and took an interest in them. Later that year, he made his debut as an opera composers in Venice with Il tesoro insidiato. Following his successful 1764 production of Li creduti spiriti, he was engaged as the second church composer for the Dresden court, on the composer Johann Adolf Hasse's recommendation.^[1] A grand piano, with the lid up. ... An organ is the following: In anatomy, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... Look up cantor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Gottfried August Homilius (February 2, 1714 – June 1 (June 2?), 1785) was a German composer, Cantor, and organist. ... In music, the BACH motif is the sequence of notes B flat, A, C, B natural. ... Giuseppe Tartini. ... Johann Adolph Hasse. ...

In 1777, as a result of the negotiations of the Swedish diplomat Count Löwenhjelm, he was appointed to reform the Stockholm Hovkapell and assist King Gustavus III in his opera plans. His work in Sweden culminated in the 1782 production of his opera Cora och Alonzo at the inauguration of the new opera house in Stockholm and the 1786 production of Gustaf Wasa, based on an idea of the king for a Swedish national opera. After a brief period as a guest composer in Copenhagen (1785-6), he returned to Dresden where he became Oberkapellmeister. In 1792 he married Catarina von Grodtschilling, daughter of a Danish vice-admiral.^[2]   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... Gustav III (13 January (O.S.) or (24 January (N.S.) 1746 – March 29, 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)), at present made up of 16 municipalities. ...

Works (Selected)

Operas:

• Armida (1773)
• Elisa (1781)
• Gustaf Wasa (1786)
• Orpheus og Eurydike (1786, Danish; 1787, German)
• Aci e Galatea (1801)

Sacred Works:

• Missa solenne in A-flat Major (1804)
• Twenty other smaller masses
• Twelve oratorios, including:
  • La passione di Gesù Cristo (1767)
  • La morte d’Abel (1790)
  • I pellegrini al sepolcro (1798)
  • Betulia liberata (1805)
• Psalms 69 and 103

Instrumental Works:

• Twelve symphonies (1766-77)
• Six quartets for harpsichord, flute, violin and bass (1786)
• Twelve sonatas for piano or glass harmonica (1786-92)
• Six sonatas for piano or glass harmonica, op. 4

External Links

• Works by and about Johann Gottlieb Naumann in the German National Library catalogue
• http://home.arcor.de/blasewitz/naumann/naumann.htm
• Dieter Härtwig and Laurie Ongley: "Johann Gottlieb Naumann," Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 12 December 2006) (subscription access).