Background
Weyse was born at Altona in Holstein, which was in a personal union with Denmark.
Weyse was born at Altona in Holstein, which was in a personal union with Denmark.
While in Copenhagen he studied music with Johann Abraham Peter Schulz.
He gained much interest in music in his hometown and Hamburg, where C.P.E. Bach was the municipal director of music Schulz helped Weyse get an unpaid internship at the Reformed Church in Copenhagen. In 1794, he was appointed organist at the same church following the former organist"s death.
He later served in the same post at the Vor Frue Kirke after 1805.
In 1819, he was appointed Court composer. He died in Copenhagen.
Unlike Johann Sebastian Bach"s cantatas, Weyse"s cantatas were designed to be played after the service, rather than used as liturgical music for during the service. His Easter Cantata Number.
1, Hil dig, hil dig, livets morgenrøde, was written in 1836 and is based on the works of Thomas Thaarup.
The work premiered on Sunday 22 April in Trinitatis Church. Sovedrikken (1809)
Faruk (1812)
Ludlam"s hule (1816)
Floribella (1825)
Et eventyr i Rosenborg Have (1827)
Festen på Kenilworth (1836).
