Classification · German and Austrian area
1741 – 1801
Blasewitz (Dresden) - Dresden
Review
Formed in Italy, where he studied with Tartini and Father Martini, Naumann made a career in the court of Dresden, from which he became a chapel teacher.
Invited by Gustavo III of Sweden, he composed for Stockholm Cora och Alonzo (1782) and Gustaf Wasa (1786), considered the Swedish national opera. He also wrote for Copenhagen. His sacred music was greatly appreciated in Dresden.
Main works
- Opera Cora och Alonzo (1782)
- Opera Gustaf Wasa (1786)
- Orpheus og Eurydike Opera (Copenhagen, 1786)
- Oratory Vater unser (1798)
- Masses for the Dresden cut
- Songs for glass harmonica
