Johan Daniel Berlin (1714-1787) - Sinfonia a 6

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Composer: Johan Daniel Berlin (1714-1787)
Work: Sinfonia (D-Dur) | a. 6. | Violino 1mo | Violino 2do | Clarinetto 1mo | Clarinetto 2do [added by other hand: Flauto 1-2] | Viola | et | Basso | No2.
Performers: Nοrwegian Baroque Orchestra; Gottfried von der Gοltz (conductor)

Sinfonia a 6
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Andante 4:10
3. Allegro 7:36

Painting: Unknown artist (18th Century) - Trondheim
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Johan Daniel Berlin
(Memel, 12 May 1714 - Trondheim, 4 November 1787)

German-born Norwegian organist, composer and polymath. Born in a port city on the eastern Baltic (today in Lithuania), he was trained in music by his father, Heinrich Berlin, before finishing his studies in Copenhagen with Andreas Berg. In 1737 he was appointed as city musician in Trondheim, and three years later became organist at the cathedral as well. His duties included playing at all the services as well as assisting the cantor’s rehearsals of hymns and choral music at the Latin school. In 1751 he assumed responsibility for the organist post at Vor Frue church and would often engage his sons as deputies. He also found time to continue the theoretical and pedagogical research that he had embarked on in Copenhagen. Besides his work in music as a theorist, composer, and instrument builder, he was also in charge of the city waterworks and fire brigades, as well as writing treatises on astronomy and meteorology. As a composer, his works include three symphonies and nine concertos (six for harpsichord, and others for violin and bass viol), as well as two cantatas and a host of smaller dance and occasional works for the keyboard. His musical style tends toward the North German Empfindsamkeit. His theoretical works include 'Musikalske Elementer (1744), the first music text in Norwegian, and 'Anleitung zur Tonometrie' (1767), an early work exploring the physics of the art form. His son Johan Henrich Berlin (1741-1807) was also organist and composer, mainly active in Trondheim.