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Carl Ditters von DITTERSDORF (1739-1799)
August Carl (or Karl) Ditters von DITTERSDORF (November 2, 1739 – October 24, 1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist.
Prince Joseph Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen noticed him and hired him for his court orchestra. At the princely demesne he studied violin with Francesco Trani and composition with Giuseppe Bonno; and it was during this period that he became acquainted with GLUCK and Joseph HAYDN. In 1761 he was made violinist for the Imperial Theatre, and in 1763 he traveled to Bologna with Gluck. It was this "Italian Tour" that was to leave the greatest impression on his musical opus, as his early compositions are Gluckian in structure but do not exhibit the courtly style then popular in Germany and Austria. Von DITTERSDORF's early work was a prefiguration of his serious output that was to come in later years - an almost Italianate style focused on melodic development without the overt flourishes characteristic of le style français.
With the exception of his pieces for the double bass, his works are seldom performed today. He was well known in his day, though, and is still considered an important composer of the Classical era. After some early Italian opera buffa, he composed a number of German Singspiele, with Der Apotheker und der Doktor (1786, generally known today as Doktor und Apotheker) in particular being a tremendous success in his lifetime, playing in houses all over Europe. His symphonies (around 120 of them) are also considered fine pieces with their folk-like melodies and witty passages; they include twelve based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (six of which have survived to the present day). He also wrote oratorios, cantatas, concertos (including two for the double bass and one for the viola), chamber music, piano pieces and other works.
[Biography extract from Wikipedia]
Prince Joseph Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen noticed him and hired him for his court orchestra. At the princely demesne he studied violin with Francesco Trani and composition with Giuseppe Bonno; and it was during this period that he became acquainted with GLUCK and Joseph HAYDN. In 1761 he was made violinist for the Imperial Theatre, and in 1763 he traveled to Bologna with Gluck. It was this "Italian Tour" that was to leave the greatest impression on his musical opus, as his early compositions are Gluckian in structure but do not exhibit the courtly style then popular in Germany and Austria. Von DITTERSDORF's early work was a prefiguration of his serious output that was to come in later years - an almost Italianate style focused on melodic development without the overt flourishes characteristic of le style français.
With the exception of his pieces for the double bass, his works are seldom performed today. He was well known in his day, though, and is still considered an important composer of the Classical era. After some early Italian opera buffa, he composed a number of German Singspiele, with Der Apotheker und der Doktor (1786, generally known today as Doktor und Apotheker) in particular being a tremendous success in his lifetime, playing in houses all over Europe. His symphonies (around 120 of them) are also considered fine pieces with their folk-like melodies and witty passages; they include twelve based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (six of which have survived to the present day). He also wrote oratorios, cantatas, concertos (including two for the double bass and one for the viola), chamber music, piano pieces and other works.
[Biography extract from Wikipedia]
Please find below Arrangements of K.D. von DITTERSDORF's Pieces solely published by FLEX Editions.
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