Johann Ernst Altenburg [SEP] occupation
Johann Ernst Altenburg
Johann Ernst Altenburg (15 June 1734 – 14 May 1801) was a German composer, organist and trumpeter. He is not to be confused with a similarly named composer in the 1620s who contributed to the collection "Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen."
Life.
Altenburg was born in Weißenfels. His father, Johann Kaspar Altenburg (1688–1761), worked from 1709 as a field trumpeter under Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and from 1711 as head trumpeter for the
century earlier also appears.
See also.
- Baroque trumpet
External links.
- "Versuch einer Anleitung zur heroisch-musikalischen Trompeter- und Paukerkunst" (Google Books, German text)
Recordings.
- Giuseppe Galante - Johann Ernst Altenburg: Concerto in D Major for 7 Trumpets and Timpani: I. Allegro
- Giuseppe Galante - Johann Ernst Altenburg: Concerto in D Major for 7 Trumpets and Timpani: II. Andante
- Giuseppe Galante - Johann Ernst Altenburg: Concerto in D Major for 7 Trumpets