Short bio Simon Mayr
Birthday:
1763 in Mendorf, Germany
Died:
1845 in Bergamo, Italy
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Classical, Romantic
Full biography Simon Mayr
Simon Mayr was a German-born composer of Italian operas and liturgical music, who lived from 1763 to 1845. He was also known as Giovanni Simone Mayr or simply Simone Mayr. Mayr wrote over 60 operas, becoming the leading composer of opera in Italy before the rise of Rossini. He is known for his grand-scale productions that often featured lively choral music. In addition to operas, Mayr also wrote sacred music, including requiems and masses.
Mayr was born in the Bavarian town of Mendorf and began his musical training as a choirboy at the age of ten. He went on to study composition in Italy with influential composers such as Ferdinando Bertoni and Giovanni Battista Sammartini. In 1802, Mayr became the maestro di cappella (director of music) at the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli in Bergamo, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Mayr's operas were popular in his time and were performed in many European cities. He was also a respected teacher, with notable pupils including Gaetano Donizetti, who later became a well-known opera composer himself.
In addition to his music, Mayr wrote a commemorative biography of Joseph Haydn , as well as treatises on music theory and composition. Mayr's legacy as a composer continues to be recognized and celebrated today, with numerous recordings and performances of his operas and other works.
Compositions featuring Simon Mayr
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mass in E flat major (reconstructed) | 86:38 min | Choral | 1843 |
| 2 | Ave Regina coelorum, motet for soloists, chorus & orchestra in E flat major (I-BGc 307/10) | 3:13 min | Choral | 1830 |
| 3 | Cantata for the Death of Beethoven, for soloists, choir & orchestra | 15:14 min | Choral | 1827 |
| 4 | Mass in C minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra | 49:02 min | Choral | 1826 |
| 5 | L'Armonia, dramatic cantata for soloists, choir & orchestra | 44:06 min | Choral | 1825 |
| 6 | Litaniae Lauretanae, for soprano, soloists, chorus & orchestra in A major (I-BGc 22/1) | 12:25 min | Choral | 1825 |
| 7 | Samuele, oratorio | 95:23 min | Choral | 1821 |
| 8 | Agnus Dei, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D minor | 4:55 min | Choral | 1820 |
| 9 | Laudem volo cantitare, motet for for bass & orchestra in B flat major (I-BGc 59/7) | 13:46 min | Vocal Music | 1820 |
| 10 | Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in E minor | 58:15 min | Vocal Music | 1820 |
| 11 | Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F minor | 21:44 min | Vocal Music | 1820 |
| 12 | Salve Regina, for basso concertante, soprano, alto, bass & orchestra in F major (I-BGc 307/1) | 4:04 min | Chamber Music | 1820 |
| 13 | Sanctus & Benedictus, for soloists, chorus & orchestra | 4:34 min | Choral | 1820 |
| 14 | Mennone e Zemira, opera | Opera | 1817 | |
| 15 | Il Poeta Ammaginario, cantata for bass voice & orchestra | 10:13 min | Vocal Music | 1815 |
| 16 | Il Poltrone, cantata for bass voice & orchestra | 11:49 min | Vocal Music | 1815 |
| 17 | Il Secol d'Oro, cantata for bass voice & orchestra | 16:05 min | Vocal Music | 1815 |
| 18 | L'Effetto Delle Ricchezze, cantata for bass voice & orchestra | 9:04 min | Vocal Music | 1815 |
| 19 | Le Due Duchesse, ossia La Caccia dei Lupi, opera | 161:50 min | Opera | 1814 |
| 20 | La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa, opera | Opera | 1813 | |
| 21 | Amore non soffre opposizioni, opera | 128:45 min | Opera | 1810 |
| 22 | Il sacrifizio d'Ifigenia, opera | 110:44 min | Opera | 1810 |
| 23 | Salve Regina, for soprano & orchestra in F major (I-BGc 307/2) | 7:26 min | Vocal Music | 1810 |
| 24 | Salve Regina, motet for soprano & orchestra in F major (I-BGc 307/5) | 7:05 min | Vocal Music | 1810 |
| 25 | Raùl de Créqui, opera | Opera | 1809 | |
| 26 | I cherusci, opera | 152:40 min | Opera | 1808 |
| 27 | Gli Americani, opera | Opera | 1806 | |
| 28 | L'amor coniugale, opera | 96:05 min | Opera | 1805 |
| 29 | Te Deum for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major | 24:11 min | Choral | 1805 |
| 30 | Ercole in Lidia, opera | Opera | 1803 | |
| 31 | Salve Regina, for voice & orchestra in B flat major | 6:32 min | Vocal Music | 1802 |
| 32 | Litaniae Lauretanae, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G minor | 10:53 min | Choral | 1800 |
| 33 | O Virgo immaculata, motet for tenor & orchestra (I-BGc 59/8) | 12:44 min | Vocal Music | 1800 |
| 34 | Regina coeli, motet for tenor & orchestra in B flat major (I-BGc 307/8) | 4:32 min | Vocal Music | 1800 |
| 35 | Salve Regina, for 2 voices & orchestra in F major | 4:03 min | Vocal Music | 1800 |
| 36 | Me miserum, quid hoc, motet for voice & orchestra in C minor | 10:21 min | Vocal Music | 1799 |
| 37 | Che Originali!, opera | 105:15 min | Opera | 1798 |
| 38 | Lauso e Lidia, opera | Opera | 1798 | |
| 39 | Salve Regina, for voice & continuo in C major | 5:38 min | Vocal Music | 1798 |
| 40 | Qual colpa eterno Dio, motet for voice & orchestra in C minor | 11:55 min | Vocal Music | 1795 |
| 41 | Regina coeli, for voice & orchestra in G major | 5:26 min | Vocal Music | 1795 |
| 42 | La Passione, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra | 106:35 min | Choral | 1794 |
| 43 | Saffo, opera | 120:52 min | Opera | 1794 |
| 44 | Exsurge, anima, for voice & orchestra in D major | 6:41 min | Vocal Music | 1793 |
| 45 | O Deus, quot me circumdant, motet for voice & orchestra in E flat major | 9:31 min | Vocal Music | 1791 |
| 46 | Sinfonia in E flat major | 2:10 min | Symphony | 1790 |
| 47 | Adelasia e Aleramo, opera | Opera | - | |
| 48 | Alfredo il Grande, opera | 156:05 min | Opera | - |
| 49 | Alonso e Cora, opera | Opera | - | |
| 50 | Amor Ingegnoso, opera in 1 act | 71:38 min | Opera | - |
| 51 | Arianna in Nasso, cantata for voice & orchestra | 57:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 52 | Ave maris stella, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G major | 3:10 min | Choral | - |
| 53 | Bagatelles (12) for flute, clarinet & horn | 43:54 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 54 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.1, Allegretto non tanto | 1:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 55 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.2, Andantino | 3:40 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 56 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.3, Andante non troppo | 1:53 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 57 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.4, Allegro | 1:58 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 58 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.5, Andantino | 2:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 59 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.6, Allegro | 2:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 60 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.7, Tempo di Marcia | 2:52 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 61 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.8, Allegretto | 3:50 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 62 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.9, Allegro | 1:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 63 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.10, Allegretto non tanto | 2:51 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 64 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.11, Adagio | 5:48 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 65 | Bagatelles for flute, clarinet & basset horn: No.12, Scherzo, Allegro | 4:37 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 66 | Chi dice mal d'amore | 2:11 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 67 | Chi vive senza amore | 4:01 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 68 | Concerto Bergamasco for piccolo, flute, clarinet & basset horn | 26:30 min | Concerto | - |
| 69 | Concerto for bassoon & orchestra (fragment) | 7:19 min | Concerto | - |
| 70 | Concerto for piano, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets & string orchestra in C major | 22:38 min | Concerto | - |
| 71 | Concerto for piano, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets & string orchestra in C major | 16:40 min | Concerto | - |
| 72 | David in spelunca Engaddi, oratorio | 94:01 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 73 | Demetrio, Re di Siria, opera | 155:19 min | Opera | - |
| 74 | Donne, l'amore | 6:10 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 75 | Eja mater, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F major | 2:42 min | Choral | - |
| 76 | Elena, opera | 150:48 min | Opera | - |
| 77 | Elisa | Opera | - | |
| 78 | Fedra, opera | 114:57 min | Opera | - |
| 79 | Ginevra di Scozia, opera | 171:56 min | Opera | - |
| 80 | Gioas, oratorio | 111:03 min | Choral | - |
| 81 | Gran Messa da Requiem | 116:06 min | Choral | - |
| 82 | Gran Preludio, for organ | 3:33 min | Keyboard | - |
| 83 | Gratias Agimus, for voice, clarinet & piano | 7:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 84 | I Commedianti, opera | Opera | - | |
| 85 | I virtuosi a teatro, opera | Opera | - | |
| 86 | Il fantastico per la musica | Vocal Music | - | |
| 87 | Il segreto, opera | Opera | - | |
| 88 | Il sogno di Partenope, opera | 65:45 min | Opera | - |
| 89 | Invito ("Già trafitto"), for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra | 6:34 min | Choral | - |
| 90 | Jacob a Labano fugiens, oratorio | 78:32 min | Choral | - |
| 91 | L'accademia di musica, opera | 39:47 min | Opera | - |
| 92 | La Biondina in Gondoleta | 2:54 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 93 | La Lodoiska, opera | 136:48 min | Opera | - |
| 94 | Le Finte Rivali, opera | Opera | - | |
| 95 | Luci mei belle, cavantina | 7:05 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 96 | Medea in Corinto, opera | 180:46 min | Opera | - |
| 97 | Miserere, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G minor | 46:45 min | Choral | - |
| 98 | Non mi sprezzar | 1:55 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 99 | Oh come scorrono | 4:07 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 100 | Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi (Secundum Mattaeum et Secundum Marcum) | 94:32 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 101 | Per carita Bettina | 2:17 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 102 | Per ti Nina | 1:49 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 103 | Perchè sì mesto | 3:46 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 104 | Se posso spirare | 2:51 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 105 | Sextet for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons & double bass | 15:45 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 106 | Si che verissimo | 4:11 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 107 | Sinfonia in B flat major | 4:03 min | Symphony | - |
| 108 | Sinfonia in C major (i) | 5:17 min | Symphony | - |
| 109 | Sinfonia in C major (ii) | 7:13 min | Symphony | - |
| 110 | Sinfonia in D major | 6:17 min | Symphony | - |
| 111 | Sisara, oratorio | 93:17 min | Choral | - |
| 112 | Stabat Mater No.3 in C minor | 54:12 min | Choral | - |
| 113 | Stabat Mater No. 5 in C minor, for chorus & orchestra | 30:06 min | Choral | - |
| 114 | Stabat mater, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F minor | 53:56 min | Choral | - |
| 115 | Telemaco nell'isola di Calipso, opera | 135:15 min | Opera | - |
| 116 | The Marriage of Tobias, opera | 94:55 min | Opera | - |
| 117 | Theme and Variations, for clarinet & piano | 8:17 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 118 | Trio Concertante, for 3 violins & orchestra in A minor | 12:08 min | Concerto | - |
| 119 | Un pazzo ne fa cento, opera | Opera | - | |
| 120 | Verter, opera | 79:15 min | Opera | - |
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