Methfessel, Johann Albert Gottlieb 10/06/1785 - 03/23/1869

From: Metzler's Great Music Encyclopedia, 4.0
METHFESSEL (Methfeßel), Johann Albert (Albrecht) Gottlieb, *10/6/1785 Stadtilm (Thuringia), †3/23/.1869 Heckenbeck near Gandersheim; German composer and Kapellmeister. He became a chamber musician in Rudolstadt in 1810, music director in Hamburg in 1822 and court kapellmeister in Braunschweig in 1832-42. Methfessel composed numerous songs especially for male choir. The God, who let iron grow and attunes with bright, high sound.

Note: Translated from the German version of Metzlers Großes Musiklexikon, 4.0 (Metzler's Great Music Encyclopedia. 4.0) into English.