Johann Anton Coberg

Johann Anton Coberg (Rotenburg, Hesse 1650-Berlin, 1708) was a German composer.^[1][2][3]

He was a student of Clamor Heinrich Abel and Nicolaus Adam Strungk.^[4] He was appointed to the new post of town organist at Hannover, and then to the court of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg; among his duties including being music teacher to Sophia Charlotte of Hanover.^[5]

Several of works have been revived in the late 20th century. In September 2012 the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen conducted by Reinhard Goebel included his orchestral suites alongside Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Jakob Kress.

References

1. Mattheson, Johann (1740). Grundlage einer Ehren-Pforte. Hamburg. pp. 37–38.
2. Schilling, Gustav (1840). Encyclopädie der gesammten musikalischen Wissenschaften, oder Universal-Lexicon der Tonkunst. 2. Stuttgart: Köhler. pp. 267–268.
3. Albert Ernest Wier The Macmillan encyclopedia of music and musicians 1938- Page 353 "Coberg, Johann Anton, German organist and composer, born at Rotenburg, Hesse, in 1650; died at Hanover in 1708; a pupil of Strunck. His works include church music, harpsichord pieces and a treatise on accompaniment."
4. John Denison Champlin, William Foster Apthorp Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Abaco-Dyne 1888 - Page 336 "COBERG, JOHANN ANTON, born at Rothenburg, Hesse, 1650, died in Hanover, 1708. Composer, pupil on the harpsichord and in harmony and counterpoint, at Hanover, of Clamor Abel and Nicolas Adam Strunck. He was first organist to the new town of Hanover, and then to the Electoral court, where Elector Ernst August and Duke Johann Friedrich became his patrons."
5. Linda Maria Koldau: Frauen-Musik-Kultur: ein Handbuch zum deutschen Sprachgebiet 2005 p212 "Ihr erster Musiklehrer war der hannoversche Hoforganist und Cembalist Johann Anton Coberg, der von Herzog Ernst August zum Instrumental- und Gesangslehrer für die fürstliche Familie ausersehen worden war."