Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ERNST LUDWIG GERBER (1746-1819)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 766 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

ERNST See also:LUDWIG See also:GERBER (1746-1819)  , See also:German musician, author of a famous See also:dictionary of musicians, was See also:born at See also:Sondershausen in the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen on the 29th of See also:September 1746 . His See also:father, See also:Henry See also:Nicolas See also:Gerber (1702-1775), a See also:pupil of J . S . See also:Bach, was an organist and composer of some distinction, and under his direction See also:Ernst See also:Ludwig at, an See also:early See also:age had made See also:great progress in his musical studies.; In 1765 he went to See also:Leipzig to study See also:law, but the claims of See also:music, which had gained additional strength from his acquaintanceship with J . A . See also:Hiller, soon came to occupy almost his See also:sole See also:attention . On his return to Sondershausen he was appointed music teacher to the See also:children of the See also:prince, and in 1775 he succeeded his father as See also:court organist . Afterwards he devoted much of his See also:time to the study of the literature and See also:history of music, and with thisview he made himself See also:master of several See also:modern See also:languages . His Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Tonkiinstler appeared in 1790 and 1792 in two volumes; and the first See also:volume of what was virtually an improved and corrected edition of this See also:work was published in 1810 under the See also:title Neues historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Tonkiinstler, followed by other three volumes in 1812, 1813 and 1814 . Gerber also contributed a number of papers to musical See also:periodicals, and published several See also:minor musical compositions . He died at Sondershausen on the 3oth of See also:June 1819 .

End of Article: ERNST LUDWIG GERBER (1746-1819)
[back]
GERASA (mod. Gerash or Jerash)
[next]
GABRIEL GERBERON (1628-1711)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.