Biography of Christoph Nichelmann (1717-1762)

13.08.1717

Born in Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg

1730

Student of the Thomas school in Leipzig under Johann Sebastian Bach and piano lessons from his son Wilhelm Friedemann.

1733

Until 1738 student of Keiser, Telemann and Mattheson in Hamburg.

1739

Further studies in Berlin with Carl Heinrich Graund and Johann Joachim Quantz.

1745

Appointment for second harpsichordist in the band of the king in Berlin

1756

Gives up his appointment in Berlin, the cause is unknown. Rest of his life he spends in private, living very poor.

20.07.1762

Dies in Berlin

Part of the Berlin school (as for example Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Carl Heinrich Graun as well as his brother Johann Gottlieb Graun)

Today only his compositions for harpsichord are still known.

Further information/Sources:

Trio (h-moll)

(2 flutes, cello basso continuo, piano basso continuo)

Rating: mid-grade

Last remaining trio sonata for this cast by Nichelmann. The original handwritings are kept in the university library in Lund (Sweden).

Last edit 01.01.2010