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Carl Ludwig Junker
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german18th centuryclassical period
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Carl Ludwig Junker (1748–1797) was a German composer, performer, and music writer whose working life combined church service with a lively engagement in late-18th-century musical culture. Trained in theology at Giessen and Göttingen, he held teaching posts—including in Karlsruhe and at the Philanthropin in Heidesheim—before becoming chaplain at Kirchberg an der Jagst in 1778, the period in which MGG places most of his composition. Junker played keyboard, cello, and flute, and he occasionally performed as a flautist at court concerts. His surviving music includes the German melodrama Die Nacht, a “musical declamation” for spoken voice with violin, cello, and keyboard on a text by Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariae. Junker also wrote on musical aesthetics and criticism, notably in his Portefeuille für Musikliebhaber (1792), which reflects his interest in characterising composers and discussing the art of music. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Keyboard Concerto in B-Flat Major (Ed. M. Kroll): I. Allegro
72Keyboard Concerto in B-Flat Major (Ed. M. Kroll): II. Adagio molto
63Keyboard Concerto in B-Flat Major (Ed. M. Kroll): III. Rondo. Allegro
44I. Allegro
15II. Adagio molto
16III. Rondo Allegro
17Piano Concerto in Bb major: I. Allegro
18Piano Concerto in Bb major: II. Adagio molto
19Piano Concerto in Bb major: III. Rondo Allegro
110Keyboard Concerto in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro (Arr. for Fortepiano and Orchestra)
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