Simon Mayr
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- For the 17th-century astronomer, see Simon Marius.
Johann Simon Mayr also known as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr, also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier. (June 14, 1763 - December 2, 1845) was a German composer.
He was born in Mendorf in Bavaria and studied theology at the University of Ingolstadt, continuing his studies in Italy from 1787. He was closely associated with the Bavarian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt while a student in Ingolstadt, and the ideals of the French Enlightenment were a strong influence on his philosophy as a musician as corroborated by his famed Zibaldone or "Notebooks" compiled toward the end of his career.
Shortly thereafter, he took music lessons with Carlo Lenzi, and later with Ferdinando Bertoni. He moved to Bergamo in 1802 and was appointed maestro di cappella at the Cathedral of Bergamo, succeeding his old teacher Lenzi. He held the post until his death, and became a central figure in the city's musical life, organizing concerts and introducing Ludwig van Beethoven's music there. He was music teacher to Gaetano Donizetti. By the end of his life, he was blind. He is buried in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, just in front of the burial of his famous pupil.
Mayr's works, which include almost 70 operas, are infrequently performed today.
[edit] Operas
- Saffo (1794)
- La Lodoiska (1796)
- Un pazzo ne fa cento (1796)
- Telemaco nell'isola di Calipso (1797)
- L'intrigo della lettera (1797)
- Il segreto (1797)
- Avviso ai maritati (1798)
- Lauso e Lidia (1798)
- Adriano in Siria (1798)
- Che originali (1798)
- Amor ingegnoso (1798)
- L'ubbidienza per astuzia (1798)
- Adelaide di Guesclino (1799)
- L'accademia di musica (1799)
- Labino e Carlotta (1799)
- L'avaro (1799)
- La locandiera (1800)
- Il caretto del venditore d'aceto (1800)
- L'inconvenienze teatrali (1800)
- L'equivoco, ovvero Le bizzarie dell'amore (1800)
- Gli sciti (1800)
- Ginevra di Scozia (1801)
- Le due giornate (1801)
- I virtuosi (1801)
- Argene (1801)
- I misteri eleusini (1802)
- Ercole in Lidia (1803)
- Le finte rivali (1803)
- Alonso e Cora (1803)
- Amor non ha ritegno (1804)
- Elisa (ossia Il monte San Bernardo (1804)
- Zamori, ossia L'eroe dell'Indie (1804)
- Eraldo ed Emma (1805)
- Di locanda in locanda e sempre in sala (1805)
- L'amor coniugale (1805)
- La roccia di Frauenstein (1805)
- Gli americani (1805)
- Palmira, ossia Il trionfo della virtu e dell'amore (1806)
- Il piccolo compositore di musica (1806)
- Adelasia e Aleramo (1806)
- Ne l'un, ne l'altro (1807)
- Belle ciarle e tristi fatti (1807)
- I cherusci (1808)
- Il vero originale (1808)
- Il matrimonio per concorso (1809)
- Il ritorno di Ulisse (1809)
- Amore non soffre opposizione (1810)
- Raul di Crequi (1810)
- Il sacrifizio d'Ifigenia (1811)
- L'amor filiale (1811)
- Tamerlano (1812)
- Medea in Corinto (1813)
- La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa (1813)
- Elena (1814)
- Atar, ossia Il serraglio d'Ormus (1814)
- Le due duchesse (o sia La caccia dei lupi (1814)
- Cora (1815)
- Mennone e Zemira (1817)
- Amor avvocato (1817)
- Alfredo il grande, re degli Anglo Sassoni (1819)
- Le danaide (1819)
- Fedra (1820)
- Demetrio (1824)
[edit] External links
- Free scores by Simon Mayr in the Werner Icking Music Archive
