Johan Agrell
Illustration — Johan Joachim Agrell by Valentin Daniel Preisler (1754) Johan Joachim Agrell (1 February 170119 January 1765) was a German/Swedish baroque composer. He was born in Löth parish, Memming district, Östergötland, a province in Sweden, and studied in Uppsala. From 1746 onward, he was Kapellmeister in Nuremberg.
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Johan Agrell
Valentin Daniel Preisler / After Johann Justin Preissler · Public domain
- Born
- 1701 · Löts socken.
- Died
- 1765 · Nuremberg.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · violinist · pianist · chapelmaster
- Fields
- baroque
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Education
- Uppsala University
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Illustration — Johan Joachim Agrell by Valentin Daniel Preisler (1754) Johan Joachim Agrell (1 February 170119 January 1765) was a German/Swedish baroque composer. He was born in Löth parish, Memming district, Östergötland, a province in Sweden, and studied in Uppsala. From 1746 onward, he was Kapellmeister in Nuremberg.
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He wrote occasional vocal works and numerous symphonies, harpsichord concertos and sonatas, many of which were published. He was a fluent composer in the north German galant style of the time, and also an appreciated musician and conductor. According to Per Lindfors, Agrell composed at least 22 symphonies. He died in Nuremberg. Agrell also used the following variants of his name: Johan Agrelius, Giovanni Agrell, Giovanni Aggrell, Johann Agrell, Johann Joachim Agrell.
Johan Agrell is recorded with the occupation chapelmaster. Classed in the genre Baroque music. Recorded as composer, conductor, violinist, pianist and chapelmaster.
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1765
Johan Agrell died on 19 January 1765.
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Löts socken.
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Monica Huggett, Birds, beasts and battles; Simon Standage, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Francesco Bonporti; Martin Haselbock, Antonio Vivaldi; Andrew Manze, Johan Joachim Agrell, Johann Adolph Scheibe, Johann Adolph Hasse, Early Music, 1993.
Agrell, Johan Joachim, Oxford Music Online, 2001
Johan Agrell, The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume I, 2024
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