Hans Georg Nägeli
Illustration — Hans Georg Nägeli, engraving by Martin Esslinger, 1838 Hans Georg Nägeli (26 May 1773 – 26 December 1836) was a composer and music publisher. Nägeli was born in Wetzikon, Switzerland. He studied under his father as a child and then opened a private music shop and publishing firm in the 1790s.
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Hans Georg Nägeli
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- Born
- 1773. · Wetzikon.
- Died
- 1836. · Zurich.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Occupation
- composer, musicologist, publisher, musicographer and musician.
- Fields
- classical music.
- Languages
- German.
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Illustration — Hans Georg Nägeli, engraving by Martin Esslinger, 1838 Hans Georg Nägeli (26 May 1773 – 26 December 1836) was a composer and music publisher. Nägeli was born in Wetzikon, Switzerland. He studied under his father as a child and then opened a private music shop and publishing firm in the 1790s.
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In 1803 he began publishing the Repertoire des Clavecinistes, which included the first editions of keyboard pieces by composers such as Muzio Clementi, Johann Baptist Cramer, and Ludwig van Beethoven. He founded two singing societies (Sängervereine) in Zurich, in addition to writing profusely on music theory and aesthetics, as well as introductory treatises for students. He died in Zurich in 1836. Much of Nägeli's compositional output consists of keyboard works and songs. His "Gold'ne Abendsonne" (1815) was adapted by others for various purposes. One version of the tune, sung by a bird (feathered) on Today, was described by its presenters as a "Folk Song", but also appears in various music editions of the Metrical psalter (as the tune "Zurich"), where it is correctly attributed to Nägeli. Nowadays he is probably best known for the hymn (and psalm) tune Dennis.
The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Places of work recorded in the authority are Zurich.
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Hans Georg Nägeli died at Zurich.
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- Hans Georg Nägeli (1773–1836) - Dokumente und ausgewählte Schriften Band II, 2023
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2023
- Hans Georg Nägeli (1773–1836) - Einsichten in Leben und Werk Band I, 2023
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2023
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- “Hans Georg Nägeli”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Andrea Schmid. Hans Georg Nägeli. Komponist, Verleger, Musikmensch. 2021.
- 2.Andrea Schmid. Hans Georg Nägeli. Komponist, Verleger, Musikmensch. 2021.
- 3.im Volksliederarchiv.
- 4.Vgl. auch Detlef Gojowy: Wie entstand Hans Georg Nägelis Bach-Sammlung. In: Bach-Jahrbuch. Band 56 (Leipzig), 1970, S. 16–104.
- 5.Andrea Schmid. Hans Georg Nägeli. Komponist, Verleger, Musikmensch. 2021.
- 6.Webseite: www.beethoven.de
- 7.Arnold Niggli: Die Schweizerische Musikgesellschaft. Eine musik- und culturgeschichtliche Studie. Zürich 1886; Josef Anton Häfliger: Historisches über das Geschlecht Häfligers. Der Zweig Beromünster. In: Der Geschichtsfreund. Nr. 71, 1916, S. 139–175, hier S. 170 f.
- 8.Webseite: www.beethoven.de
- 9.Preisträger der Hans-Georg-Nägeli-Medaille (bis 1998), Website der Stadt Zürich.
- 10.Stadtratsbeschluss 0222/2016
- 11.siehe den Eintrag Hans Georg Nägeli auf www.wetzipedia.ch
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