Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen [SEP] place of death
Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen
Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (6 July 1768 in Durlach – 10 July 1830? in Darmstadt) was a German clarinetist, composer and painter.
In his time Backofen enjoyed great fame; he was not only known as a composer for, and virtuoso of the clarinet but also played the harp, flute and basset horn.
His year of death is not known with certainty; a year of 1839 is found in some documents.
Selected works.
- "Deux valses et deux allemandes
by Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) — the first of which may date from 1743 — and three concerti grossi for clarinet and oboe written by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) as far back as 1711 have led music historians to revise the common view that the first concerto for the instrument was written by Johann Stamitz around 1755.
Classical period.
- Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768–1830?)
- Concerto in B major for clarinet and orchestra, Op.3 (1809?)
- Sinfonie Concertante in A major, Op.10