Born on June 1, 1765 in Treuenbrietzen (Brandenburg)
died on May 5, 1831 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
Music director, composer, piano teacher, singer (tenor)
- Son of a shoemaker, first trained as an organ and piano player
- from 1776, due to Reichardt's intercession in Berlin, further training with the concertmaster Carl (Hermann Heinrich) Benda
- 1785 he accompanied Reichardt to London and Paris
- after his return in 1786 he functioned as a piano teacher in Berlin
- In 1792 he was given the post of organist at the Marienkirche
- In 1801 the court conductor B. A. Weber made him his assistant
- 1808 he became music director of the royal chapel
- from 1822 until his retirement in 1830 he was first Kapellmeister
- from 1791 until his death member of the Berlin Singakademie (tenor)
- alternating with C. M. von Weber, he rehearsed his Euryanthe in December 1825 for the Berlin EA in
Source:
https://weber-gesamtausgabe.de/de/A001802.html
Note: Translated from the cited German source document into English
