Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765) - Sinfonia F-Dur, No. 99 (c.1750)

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Composer: Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765)
Work: Sinfonia F-Dur, No. 99 (c.1750) [MWV 7.14 / IJM 116]
Performers: Dresden PhiIharmonic Chamber Orchestra; AIеxandеr Pеtеr (conductor)

Painting: Georg Lisiewski (1674-1750) - Tabakskollegium Friedrich Wilhelms I
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Johann Melchior Molter
(Tiefenort, 10 February 1696 - Karlsruhe, 12 January 1765)

German composer. Like many German musicians of the first half of the 18th century, he came from the Thuringian-Saxon area. His father, Valentin Molter, was a teacher and Kantor in the village of Tiefenort, and he probably received his earliest musical education from him. From 1713, he attended the Tertia of the Latin School in Eisenach and became a member of the school choir, which in those days produced quite a few future professional musicians (instrumentalists, cantors, organists, chapel masters). In the preceding year the choir had given a concert, which was attended by eight members of the Bach family from Eisenach. After leaving the Latin School in 1715, he vanishes from history for two years. However, in 1717 he reappears when he is appointed a violinist in the court chapel of Margrave Carl Wilhelm in Karlsruhe. In October 1719 the Margrave sent him off to Italy for two years, in order to acquaint himself more with Italian music, to learn the Italian ways and other skills and craftsmanship. He stayed in Rome and Venice, where he became acquainted with the Marcello brothers, Alessandro and Benedetto, as well as with Tomaso Albinoni and Antonio Vivaldi. He probably also met Giuseppe Tartini. Upon his return to Karlsruhe in the year 1721 he was appointed master of the court chapel. He held this post for slightly over a decade, when in 1733 it was disbanded. Fortunately enough, the position of chapel master of the court of Eisenach had just became available, since the previous chapel master, Johann Adam Birckenstock, had died earlier that year. He returned to his home country after having successfully applied for the job. Here he became the artistic leader of the court chapel, which had been established by Georg Philipp Telemann in 1709 and which by then included nationally acclaimed instrumentalists and singers. In 1737-38 he undertook another study tour to Italy and visited Venice, Ancona, Foligno and Rome. After his return from Italy he spent his most prolific years as a composer in Eisenach. In 1741, however, this chapel was disbanded, too. Finally he returned to Karlsruhe, where he took up his old function again in a post he held the rest of his life. As a composer, his works include 170 symphonies, 47 concertos (including some of the earliest for clarinet), 17 pieces for Harmonie (titled concertinos or sinfonias), around 100 chamber works (trio sonatas, violin sonatas, etc.), numerous preludes for organ, an oratorio and a 'drama per musica', 11 church cantatas, seven secular cantatas in Italian, and a set of six violin sonatas. During his lifetime, he was highly respected for his progressive style of composition, being one of the earliest composers in Germany to write almost completely in the galant style. He was known for his exploitation of the solo instruments in numerous concertos and as being one of the main figures in the early symphony.