Johann_Jakob_Schnell
Johann Jakob Schnell (1687 – 21 February 1754) was a German composer, court music director and music publisher.[1]
Schnell belonged to a widely ramified family of musicians that originally came from the Allgäu. His father Bernhard Schnell was footman in the service of the music-loving count Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn [de] in Wiesentheid. In 1714 Schnell became oboist and violinist at the court of Bamberg. In July 1727 he was appointed court and chamber music director by the Bamberg prince-bishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn. Between 1734 and 1753 Schnell also appeared as a publisher of sacred music by other composers.[2]
He died in Bamberg at about the age of 67.
- Sonata a 2 per Viola da Gamba e Violoncello[3] (1722)
- 6 Missa no editae Op. 1 (Bamberg, 1729)
- Sex Parthiae Trisonae Op. 2, seinem Mäzen, dem Dompapitular und Geheimen Rat, Johann Philipp Anton von und zu Frankenstein gewidmet (Erlangen, 1731)
- 6 Concerta commode tractabila for violon principal, strings, organ and orchestra Op. 3 (Erlangen, 1731)
- 6 Sonatae trisonae a diversis intrumentis concertanibus Op. 4
- 6 Trios für Flöte, Violine und B.c.
- Kleine angenehme Tafel-Music Bestehend in VI. Parthien Op. 7
- 3 Vespere Brevis Op. 8 (Bamberg, 1736)
- 6 Neue ernst- und scherzhafte Parthien Op. 9 (Bamberg, 1738)
- Schnell, Johann Jakob on LMU
- Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. 2nd edition, volume 14, Spalten 1526–1527
- Sonata a 2 per Viola da Gamba e Violoncello on musik-potthoff