Classification · German and Austrian area
1756 – 1792
Miltenberg - Stockholm
Review
German at birth, moved to Sweden in 1778 and reached the chapel master of King Gustavo III. He traveled around Europe, met Gluck and Haydn, who considered him a genius and kept his symphony in a minor.
His music, intense and dramatic, has a lot of Sturm und Drang. Born the same year as Mozart, he died only months after him and in the same year as his protector Gustavo III, who was killed in 1792, for whom he composed his last great work.
Main works
- Symphony in do minor VB 142 (1783), dedicated to Haydn
- Aeneas i Carthago Opera
- Music for Soliman II (1789)
- Accidental music for Olympie
- VB 148 funeral symphony (1792)
- Songs for Gustavo III (1792)
- String quarters
