Johann Melchior Molter Sheet Music
- Born: 10th February 1696
- Died: 12th January 1765
- Birthplace: Tiefenort, near Eisenach, Germany
Johann Melchior Molter was a German composer and violinist. He was born at Tiefenort, and was educated at the Gymnasium in Eisenach. By 1717 he was working as a violinist in Karlsruhe. He married Maria Salome Rollwagen, with whom he had eight children. From 1719 to 1721 he studied composition in Italy. From 1722 to 1733 he was court Kapellmeister at Karlsruhe. In 1734 he became Kapellmeister at the court of Duke Wilhelm Heinrich of Saxe-Eisenach. Maria died in 1737; by 1742 Molter had married Maria Christina Wagner. In that year he returned to Karlsruhe and began teaching tere. From 1747 to his death Molter was employed by Margrave Carl Friedrich of Baden-Durlach, the son of his first employer. He died at Karlsruhe. Molter's surviving works include an oratorio; several cantatas; over 140 symphonies, overtures, and other works for orchestra; many concertos, including some of the first clarinet concertos ever written; and many chamber pieces. One of Molter's many Trumpet Concertos is the signature piece of C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
Molter's top 10 list
- 01Concerto for 2 Trumpets in D major, MWV 6.30
- 02Clarinet Concerto in A major, MWV 6.41
- 03Clarinet Concerto in G major, MWV 6.40
- 04Clarinet Concerto in D major, MWV 6.38
- 05Clarinet Concerto in D major, MWV 6.37
- 06Abbandona il caro nido, MWV 2.22
- 07Cello Concerto in C major, MWV 6.7
- 08Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, MWV 6.35
- 09Clarinet Concerto in D major, MWV 6.36
- 10La lodoletta che il sole adora, MWV 2.33
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