Theodor Schwartzkopff (1659-1732) - Overture C-Dur
Channel: Pau NG
Date: 2022-11-07

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Theodor Schwartzkopff! 🎺🍷

Composer: Theodor Schwartzkopff (1659-1732)
Work: Overture C-Dur
Performers: Ludwig Güttler (trumpet); Kammerorchester Berlin; Max Pommer (conductor)

Painting: Johann Georg Platzer (1704-1761) - Thalestris im Lager Alexander des Großen
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Drawing: Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) - Femme de faiseur de trompettes (c.1740)
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Further info: https://www.discogs.com/es/release/8418169-Theodor-Schwartzkopff-Franz-Querfurth-Anonymous-Johann-Nepomuk-Hummel-Ludwig-G%C3%BCttler-Kammerorcheste
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Theodor Schwartzkopff
(Ulm, bap. 6 November 1659 - Ludwigsburg, 13 May 1732)

German composer. He was the son of Georg Reinhard Schwartzkopff (1631-1705), a town musician in Ulm as well as organist and organ builder. Theodor probably received his early instruction in music from his father as well as from S.A. Scherer, the organist at Ulm Cathedral. He was employed as an Aspirant in the Württemburg Hofkapelle at Stuttgart around 1678 and was promoted to Hofmusicus in 1682. Following the success at court of his French-style ballet Le rendez-vous des plaisirs he was sent to study in Paris towards the end of 1684. On his return to Stuttgart in 1686 he was made vice-Kapellmeister. In December 1688 the Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Magg sided with the invading French forces, leaving Schwartzkopff fully in charge of the Hofkapelle; on 21 March 1690 he was promoted officially to the vacant post. Following a major retrenchment at court in 1709, caused by the cost of continuing hostilities with France coupled with the expense of building a new ducal residence at Ludwigsburg, Schwartzkopff was released from service with an inadequate annuity of 300 gulden ‘until better times’. It seems that he sought work at the nearby Baden-Durlach court, since he is listed as a member of the Hofkapelle there between 1712 and 1716. Schwartzkopff returned to Stuttgart early in 1717, probably hoping for the post of Oberkapellmeister, which was vacant following the death of Pez, but this post went to Brescianello. A serenata by Schwartzkopff was performed for the annual Order of St Hubert festivities on 3 November 1721 and court documents after that date continue to describe him as Kapellmeister. In 1725 Schwartzkopff wrote to Duke Eberhard Ludwig suggesting that he direct a small ensemble for services in the Stuttgart Schlosskapelle while Brescianello continued to lead the full church music at Ludwigsburg. Unfortunately Schwartzkopff's dramatic and sacred music is lost, but a significant selection of his instrumental music written for the Württemberg court musicians does survive. These works display a blend of French and Italian elements typical of the time, with conspicuous writing for the bass viol.