Composer
Johann Melchior Molter
German composer
1696–1765
9 works in the index
- Born
- 1696
- Died
- 1765
- Birthplace
- Tiefenort
- Place of death
- Karlsruhe
- Citizenship / historical state
- Holy Roman Empire
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Baroque
Biography
Johann Melchior Molter (10 February 1696 – 12 January 1765) was a German composer and violinist of the late Baroque period.
He was born at Tiefenort, near Eisenach, and was educated at the Gymnasium in Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach. By autumn 1717 he had left Eisenach and was working as a violinist in Karlsruhe. Here he married Maria Salome Rollwagen, with whom he had eight children. From 1719 to 1721 he studied composition in Italy. From 1722 to 1733 he was court Kapellmeister at Karlsruhe. In 1734 he became Kapellmeister at the court of Duke Wilhelm Heinrich of Saxe-Eisenach.
Maria died in 1737; by 1742 Molter had married Maria Christina Wagner. In that year he returned to Karlsruhe and began teaching at the gymnasium there. From 1747 to his death Molter was employed by Margrave Carl Friedrich of Baden-Durlach, the son of his first employer. He died at Karlsruhe.
Molter's surviving works include an oratorio; several cantatas; over 140 symphonies, overtures, and other works for orchestra; many concertos, including some of the first clarinet concertos ever written; and many pieces of chamber music.
One of Molter's many Trumpet Concertos is the signature piece of C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; organist; conductor; chapelmaster
- Instruments played
- pipe organ
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Languages used
- German
- VIAF ID
- 37102825
- ISNI
- 0000000108886553
- GND ID
- 119330563
- Library of Congress ID
- n81132011
- MusicBrainz ID
- 0b355008-8b9a-4669-a40d-e044874ae9c9
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, harpsichord, Organ, Clarinet
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 9
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concerto No.3 | — | — | — | Piano, Clarinet | Classical | 1 |
| Adagio | — | — | — | — | Classical | 0 |
| Moderato First Movement From Concerto No4 In D | — | — | — | Piano, Clarinet | Classical | 0 |
| Hertzlich thut mich verlangen in Tenore in c MWV XII/2a | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, harpsichord | — | 1 |
| Hertzlich thut mich verlangen in Soprano & Choral in c MWV XII/2b | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, harpsichord | — | 1 |
| Nun komm der Heyden Heylandt in a MWV XII/1 | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, harpsichord | — | 1 |
| Freu dich sehr, O meine Seele in G MWV XII/4 | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, harpsichord | — | 1 |
| Liebster Jesu wir sind hier & Coral. in Bb MWV XII/3 | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, harpsichord | — | 1 |
| Allein Gott in der Hšh' sei Ehr in G MWV XII/5 | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, harpsichord | — | 1 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 37102825. Portrait: Pier Leone Ghezzi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.