Johannes Schmidlin (1722-1772) - Magnificat anima mea Dominum (1758)

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Composer: Johannes Schmidlin (1722-1772)
Work: Magnificat anima mea Dominum (1758)
Performers: Gavin Rοbеrts (organ); The Choir of Gοnville & Caius Cοllege Cambridge;
Geοffrеy Wеbbеr (choirmaster)

Painting: Franz Niklaus König (1765-1832) - Bräuche, Hochzeit, Trauung
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Johannes Schmidlin [Schmidli]
(Zürich, 22 May 1722 - Wetzikon, 16 November 1772)

Swiss composer. He trained as a Protestant minister at the Collegium Carolinum in Zürich, where he was a member of the collegium musicum from 1734 and probably studied music under J.C. Bachofen. After being ordained in 1743 he was curate in Dietlikon (1744-54) and minister in Wetzikon-Seegräben (1754-72). In 1755 he founded a choral society in Wetzikon to promote the singing of psalms in church which continued until 1825. In 1769 he also established a collegium musicum there. His numerous collections of Pietistic songs, cantatas and odes were a rich source of vocal music for many decades and were sung in both collegia and private homes throughout German-speaking Switzerland. Schmidlin also made an important contribution to the development of the solo song, particularly in the patriotic Schweizerlieder of 1769. These songs with figured bass show influences of the Berlin lied school in their conscious striving for simplicity, although tempered by an indifferent talent. Three of his sacred songs are in the present hymnbook of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Switzerland. #ClassicalMusic