Johann Melchior Molter
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Sheet music for Johann Melchior Molter
Violoncello Concerto in C major — Johann Melchior Molter
cello, orchestra — piano reduction — Baroque
Little Karlsruhe Margrave-Concerto. Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Edited by Folkmar Langin. Edition Breitkopf.
The autograph score of the present work is included amongst the 387 works from Johann Melchior Molter's pen preserved in the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe, and is the only Concerto per Violoncello concertato in the collection.
Baroque. Piano reduction. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB-6613. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-6613).Price: $19.00
Violoncello Concerto in C major — Johann Melchior Molter
cello, strings, basso continuo — violoncello/double bass part — Baroque
Little Karlsruhe Margrave-Concerto. Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Edited by Folkmar Langin. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library).
The autograph score of the present work is included amongst the 387 works from Johann Melchior Molter's pen preserved in the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe, and is the only Concerto per Violoncello concertato in the collection.
Baroque. Violoncello/double bass part. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB-4855-26. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-4855-26).Price: $5.00
Violoncello Concerto in C major — Johann Melchior Molter
cello, strings, basso continuo — full score — Baroque
Little Karlsruhe Margrave-Concerto. Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Edited by Folkmar Langin. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).
The autograph score of the present work is included amongst the 387 works from Johann Melchior Molter's pen preserved in the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe, and is the only Concerto per Violoncello concertato in the collection.
Baroque. Full score. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB-4855. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-4855).Price: $20.00
Violoncello Concerto in C major — Johann Melchior Molter
cello, strings, basso continuo — harpsichord/piano part — Baroque
Little Karlsruhe Margrave-Concerto. Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Edited by Folkmar Langin. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library).
The autograph score of the present work is included amongst the 387 works from Johann Melchior Molter's pen preserved in the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe, and is the only Concerto per Violoncello concertato in the collection.
Baroque. Harpsichord/piano part. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB-4855-12. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-4855-12).Price: $10.00
Violoncello Concerto in C major — Johann Melchior Molter
cello, strings, basso continuo — violin 1 part — Baroque
Little Karlsruhe Margrave-Concerto. Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Edited by Folkmar Langin. Solo concerto. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). The autograph score of the present work is included amongst the 387 works from Johann Melchior Molter's pen preserved in the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe, and is the only "Concerto per Violoncello concertato" in the collection. Baroque. Violin 1 part. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 4855-15. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-4855-15).
Price: $5.00
Violoncello Concerto in C major — Johann Melchior Molter
cello, strings, basso continuo — violin 2 part — Baroque
Little Karlsruhe Margrave-Concerto. Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Edited by Folkmar Langin. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library).
The autograph score of the present work is included amongst the 387 works from Johann Melchior Molter's pen preserved in the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe, and is the only Concerto per Violoncello concertato in the collection.
Baroque. Violin 2 part. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB-4855-16. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-4855-16).Price: $5.00
Violoncello Concerto in C major — Johann Melchior Molter
cello, strings, basso continuo — viola part — Baroque
Little Karlsruhe Margrave-Concerto. Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Edited by Folkmar Langin. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library).
The autograph score of the present work is included amongst the 387 works from Johann Melchior Molter's pen preserved in the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe, and is the only Concerto per Violoncello concertato in the collection.
Baroque. Viola part. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB-4855-19. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-4855-19).Price: $5.00
"Symphony for 4 Horns" for Brass Quartet - Johann Melchior Molter — Johann Melchior Molter
Trumpet,Trombone,Horn in F,Brass Quartet — Score,Set of Parts — Baroque Period
Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Arranged by Dennis S. Mowers. Baroque Period. Score, Set of Parts. 32 pages. Published by Dennis Mowers (S0.334007).
Price: $11.00
Sinfonie Nr. 126 D-Dur MWV VII 126 — Johann Melchior Molter
Orchestra — Score — Classical
Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Molter - Samtliche Sinfonien Vol. 50. Classical. Score. 54 pages. Published by Verlag Dohr (VD.E.D.28750).
Price: $55.00
Sinfonie Nr. 130 D-Dur MWV VII 130 — Johann Melchior Molter
Orchestra — Score — Classical
Composed by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765). Molter - Samtliche Sinfonien Vol. 54. Classical. Score. 27 pages. Published by Verlag Dohr (VD.E.D.28754).
Price: $20.00
John Bicketts <sfeikema@mach3ww.com> writes: According to what I’ve heard, Johann Melchior Molter was the most prolific symphony writer of all time: 170 symphonies or something absurd like that. They appear to be his only claim to fame. I doubt they were too impressive- that’s pretty early for symphonies.
Composer Johann Melchior Molter was born in the Thuringian-Saxon region where his father, Valentin Molter, was a teacher and Kantor in the town of Tiefenort. After early training with his father, he enrolled at the Gymnasium in Eisenach, where J.S. Bach had studied. In Eisenach, Molter heard music by Telemann, who founded the court orchestra there only a few years earlier.
In 1717, he found employment in Karlsruhe as a violinist at the court of Margrave Carl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach. The following year, he married Maria Salome Rollwagen, with whom he had eight children. In 1719, Molter was allowed to travel to Italy to absorb the compositional styles that had spread throughout Europe, spending three years in Venice and Rome. After his return to Karlsruhe, he was appointed court concertmaster. In addition to directing the sacred music at the chapel, Molter directed the operatic productions in the margrave’s theater.
Molter’s compositions range from chamber music to orchestral works and oratorios. It is likely that he composed operas during this period, but no operatic or other vocal compositions by Molter survive.
In 1733, when the war of the Polish Succession began, the margrave dissolved his court and fled to Basle in exile, leaving Molter without employment. In 1734 Molter accepted the post of concertmaster at the court of Duke Wilhelm Heinrich of Saxe-Eisenach. Three years later, after the death of his wife, Molter returned to Italy, where he explored the work of a new generation of composers such as Pergolesi, Leo, and Sammartini.
When he returned to Eisenach, he married Maria Christina Wagner. In 1741, Duke of Saxe-Weimar dissolved the Eisenach court orchestra after the death of Duke Wilhelm Heinrich. Molter then returned to Karlsruhe, where he composed and taught at the Gymnasium. In 1747, the new margrave of Baden-Durlach, Carl Friedrich, asked Molter to reorganize his court’s musical establishment. Molter entered an extraordinarily prolific period in his career, composing a large body of instrumental music in the new galant style. Molter continued in this post for another 18 years until his death.
Like his contemporaries Hasse, Quantz, and Graun, Molter contributed much to the development of instrumental music in eighteenth century Germany. His extant works include 172 symphonies, 73 concerti, 22 concertini (for three instruments), 12 concerti for orchestra, 14 overtures, 66 sonatas, 28 flute duets, 14 solo cantatas, and six violin sonatas. These works reveal influences from the French and Italian composers he heard on his travels, as well as Telemann, Bach, and the composers of the Mannheim School. He was particularly fond of experimenting with new sound colors. He wrote for the flauto d’amore, the flauto cornetto, and the harp, and he was among the first composers to use the recently invented clarinet and chalumeau. His clarinet concertos are some of his only works to have been performed and recorded in modern times.
(Contribution by <skylands@optonline.net>.)