Andreas Romberg
Composer
1767 – 1821
Who was Andreas Romberg?
Andreas Jakob Romberg was a German violinist and composer.
Romberg was born in Vechta, in the Duchy of Oldenburg. He learned the violin from his musician father Gerhard Heinrich Romberg and first performed in public at the age of six. In addition to touring Europe, Romberg also joined the Münster Court Orchestra. Cellist and composer Bernhard Romberg was his cousin.
He joined the court orchestra of the Prince Elector in Bonn in 1790, where he met the young Beethoven. He moved to Hamburg in 1793 due to wartime upheavals and joined the Hamburg Opera Orchestra. Romberg's first opera, 'Der Rabe', premiered there in 1794. He also composed his own setting of Messiah.
After a time in Paris, Andreas settled in Hamburg where he became a central figure in the city's musical life. In 1815 he succeeded Louis Spohr as music director at the court of the Duke, in Gotha, Thuringia. He died there on 10 November 1821.
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- Born
- Apr 27, 1767
Vechta - Also known as
- Ромберг, Андреас
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Nov 10, 1821
Gotha
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on July 23, 2013
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