Adolph Ulric Grill (1752-1797) - Andante con variazioni
Channel: Pau NG
Date: 2019-05-03

Autor: Adolph Ulric Grill (1752-1797)
Obra: Andante con variazioni
Intèrprets: MichaеI Kаufmаnn (cembalo)

Pintura: Johann Richter (1665-1745) - Venice, A Capriccio view of the Grand Canal towards the Punta della Dogana

Més info: https://grilliana.wordpress.com/konst-kultur-och-naturvetenskap/inspelning-av-adolph-ulric-grill/

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Adolf Ulric Grill
(född den 19 mars 1752 i Stockholm, död den 1 oktober 1797 på Söderfors) 

Var en svensk bruksägare och vetenskaplig samlare. Han var son till Claes Grill och bekostade stora dyrbara utbyggnader av Söderfors bruk i Uppland, exempelvis en engelsk park och en ny kyrka av sten. Under egna resor och genom ombud samlade Grill det på sin tid namnkunniga Grillska naturaliekabinettet på Söderfors, som vid hans död innehöll 100 däggdjur, 600 fåglar, 30 fiskar och 700 snäckor, förutom en mängd koraller och petrifikat. Samlingarna skänktes 1828 av hans arvingar till Vetenskapsakademien och ingår till en del i Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. Till erinran om Grill uppkallades efter honom en sällsynt fiskart, Gymnetrus Grillii. Grill var (sedan 1793) ledamot av Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien och under ett kvartal 1795 dess preses. Grill var även amatörtonsättare och anordnade soaréer i sitt stockholmshem. Han invaldes som ledamot nr 45 av Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien den 16 juni 1772. Av Grill finns bevarat ett "Andante con variazione" för piano.

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Was a Swedish ironworks owner and scientific collector of animals and fossils for his cabinet of curiosities at Söderfors. He married his cousin, Anna Johanna (III) (1753–1809) in Stockholm on 7 June 1778, they had one son who died at an early age. At the time of his marriage, Adolf Ulric lived in the Grill house in Stockholm. He and his wife moved to Söderfors when he inherited the ironworks and manor from his father Claes (I) in 1767. Adolf Ulric was a dedicated and hands-on owner of the ironworks at Söderfors, who supervised the operation and managed the books. Initially the factory's main products were anchors but with additions and improvements to the facilities he expanded into the production of wrought and pig iron amongst other goods. The products from the ironworks were of good quality and production peaked in 1780. Like his father, he was a natural scientist and he collected mounted animals, fossils, minerals and plants in a museum, started in 1783, at the Söderfors manor. The collections were also increased during his travels and on a journey to England in 1788, he traded a mounted moose for 60 rare birds. In 1786, Adolf Ulric built a separate house at the manor for the zoological collection. At that time it contained 116 mounted mammals, 600 birds, 700 seashells and 39 fishes. Adolf Ulric was known as a music lover and amateur composer. Wherever he lived, he organized well attended concert nights, with musicians invited from Stockholm. In 1772, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.