★ Follow music ► https://www.instagram.com/reciclassicat/ Composer: Paul Anton Wineberger (1758-1821) Work: Symphony in G Performers: L'Artе dеI Mοndο; Wеrnеr Ehrhаrdt Painting: Cornelis de Kruyff (1784-1828) - Gezicht op paleis Het Loo Further info: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Winneberger,_Paul_Anton Listen free: No available --- Paul Anton Wineberger [Winneberger] (Mergentheim, 7 October 1758 - Hamburg, 8 February 1821) German cellist and composer. He began his musical career at the age of nine as an alto in the Mergentheim Hofkapelle, and five years later he was appointed organist at the Dominican church. After studying theology at the universities in Würzburg and Heidelberg, 1775-78, he moved to Mannheim, where he taught at the Jesuit seminary and served as church organist; he studied composition with G.J. Vogler and Ignaz Holzbauer and violin with Georg Zarth and Ignaz Fränzl, who encouraged him to switch from the violin to the cello. In 1780 Wineberger joined the Hofkapelle of Prince (Fürst) Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein, and five years later he was appointed principal cellist and first Konzertmeister. During the 1780s and 90s he produced a steady stream of music for court ensembles at Wallerstein: his earliest dated composition is a symphonie concertante for two horns and orchestra in E major, composed in January 1782 for Franz Zwierzina and Joseph Nagel, two Bohemian virtuosos who had just joined the Kapelle, and he wrote 20 wind partitas for the Wallerstein Harmonie, which was also under his direction (Musikalische Realzeitung, 13 Aug 1788). Wineberger served as cello teacher to the prince's younger brother, Franz Ludwig, and it is likely that the second cello part that replaces the viola in several of his string quartets (lost) was intended for his aristocratic pupil. In 1798 Wineberger moved to Hamburg, where he found employment with several orchestras but devoted his energies increasingly to teaching. He suffered from poor health in his final years. Although Wineberger's compositions are uneven in quality, the best of them are distinguished by thematic economy, melodic chromaticism, formal experimentation, skilful orchestration and a competent control of counterpoint.