Johan Daniel Berlin
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Johan Daniel Berlin (born 12 May 1714, Memel, Prussia – 4 November 1787, Trondheim, Norway) was a German-born Norwegian rococo composer and organist, remembered as one of the founders of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.Kari Michelsen, Ed., Johan Daniel Berlin (Ringve Museums Skrifter, vol. 4; Trondheim: Strindheim Trykkeris Forlag, 1987).
Life
He was born in Memel (now Klaipėda, Lithuania). At the age of nineteen, he came to Copenhagen, starting out as an apprentice to the privileged town musician there, Andreas Berg. In 1737, he became the privileged town musician in Trondheim. In 1741, he became organist of the Nidaros Cathedral (1741–1787) and Vår Frue Church (1752–1761). In addition, he held the positions as captain of the fire brigade and inspector of the water-works,[http://www.ntnu.no/ub/i100/godbiter/berlin Musikkmanuskriptene etter Johan Daniel Berlin og Johan Henrik Berlin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101061407/http://www.ntnu.no/ub/i100/godbiter/berlin |date=2012-11-01 }}. Retrieved 23 November 2014 practiced as an architect, land-surveyor, artisan, constructor and maker of instruments, made a series of meteorological, geomagnetic, and astronomical observations, and was for 38 years an active member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.{{cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/ilnolihi/4/0168.html|title=Videnskabernes literatur i det nittende aarhundrede|author= N.J.Nielsen|publisher= Illustreret norsk literaturhistorie}}
He allegedly composed many works, but only a few of his compositions have been preserved. His book, Musicaliske Elementer (Musical Elements), printed in Trondheim in 1744, was the first Norwegian textbook on the theory of music and instruments.Christopher Hogwood, [http://www.hogwood.org/archive/general/christophers-contribution-to-fund-og-forskning.html "The Copenhagen Connection,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805235823/http://www.hogwood.org/archive/general/christophers-contribution-to-fund-og-forskning.html |date=2010-08-05 }} Fund og Forskning, vol. 46 (2007), pp. 105-143.
His son was Johan Henrich Berlin.
List of compositions
=Works for harpsichord=
=Works for orchestra=
- Symphony no. 1 in D major
- Symphony no. 2 in D major
- Symphony no. 3 in D major
- Violin concerto in A major
References
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Literature
- Johan Daniel Berlin: The Collected Works of Johan Daniel Berlin, edited by Bjarne Kortsen. Bergen: editio norvegica 1977.
- Karl Dahlback: Rokokkomusikk i trøndersk miljø. Johan Henrich Berlin (1741–1807). Norsk musikkgranskning.[http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=1.1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=8506&TRM=401397-9 ZDB-ID 401397-9]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} p. 137-274.
External links
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Category:Composers from the Kingdom of Prussia
Category:Emigrants from the Kingdom of Prussia
Category:Norwegian classical composers
Category:Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
Category:18th-century German composers
Category:18th-century male musicians
Category:18th-century keyboardists
Category:Immigrants to Denmark–Norway
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