Johann Hugo von Wilderer (c.1670-1724) - Te Deum laudamus

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Composer: Johann Hugo von Wilderer (c.1670-1724)
Work: Te Deum laudamus (C-Dur) p. à 13. 4 Clarini, Tympani, 2 [probably "Violini" cutted] | 1 Violetta, Fagotto, Canto, Alto, Tenore, Basso.
Performers: Jugendkantorei der Diözese Spеyеr; Bach-Collegium Mannheim; Diеtmar Mеttlаch (conductor)

Painting: Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) - The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple
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Johann Hugo von Wilderer
(Bavaria, c.1670 - Mannheim, bur. 7 June 1724)

German composer. He studied with Giovanni Legrenzi in Venice and by 1692 was court organist at the St. Andreas church in Dusseldorf. By 1696 he was vice-Kapellmeister at the court there, being elevated to Kapellmeister in 1703. He married Maria Lambertina Dahmen on 11 March 1698, and she bore him nine children. In 1716 the Elector Johann Wilhelm died and was succeeded by his brother Karl Philipp, who had maintained a court at Innsbruck. Subsequently he joined together the Innsbruck and Düsseldorf musical establishments, first in Heidelberg and in 1720 in Mannheim, where he undertook the building of a new palace. These combined groups, under the joint directorship of Wilderer and Jakob Greber from Innsbruck, later became the basis for the famous orchestra of the ‘Mannheim School’, supported generously by the Elector Carl Theodor. Wilderer remained active in the dual capacity of Kapellmeister and composer until his death. His final major work was the sacred opera 'Esther', performed as an oratorio at Heidelberg in 1723 and as an opera at Mannheim, 17 March 1724. As a composer, he wrote 11 operas, mainly composed for the Düsseldorf court between 1695 and 1713, 2 oratorios, 4 cantatas, and some sacred works, among them, a Missa brevis extant in a remarkable copy in the hand of Johann Sebastian Bach. Wilderer importance rests upon his role in fostering the development of German opera and of what became known as the Mannheim school of composition.