Georg Joseph Vogler (1749−1814)

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Georg Joseph Vogler was born in Würzburg on 15 June 1749 and died on 6 May 1814 in Darmstadt. He was a composer, music theorist, educator, piano and organ virtuoso, a designer of musical instruments and a Roman Catholic priest. In 1786 King Gustav III summoned him to Stockholm for employment as court conductor and tutor to the Crown Prince. He worked in Sweden until 1799, composing among other works, the opera Gustaf Adolph and Ebba Brahe and the Advent song Hosianna, Davids son. Elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1786.

Summary list of works

19 operas (Castore e Polluce, Gustaf Adolph och Ebba Brahe, Samori etc.), 3 melodramas, 4 ballets, music to 8 plays (Hermann von Unna, etc.), orchestral music (3 symphonies, several piano concertos and others), chamber music, works for organ, works for piano (Polymelos, etc.), works for voice and orchestra, works for choir and orchestra (Helig är Herren, Musik till Serafimerordensdagen den 28 april 1795, etc.), works for choir (Hosianna, Davids son, etc.).


Works by Georg Joseph Vogler

This is not a complete list of works. The following works are those that have been inventoried so far.

Number of works: 6