Music From the Court Chapel of Danish King Frederik IV

Featuring

Kristian Buhl-Mortensen
Mogens Rasmussen
Monica Westheimer
Agnethe Christensen
Viggo Mangor
Charles Dieupart

Johann Hermann Schrader
Johann Friedrich Fibiger
Jean-Baptiste Lully

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Composition History

J.F. Fibiger, the royal guitar maestro, taught guitar to Princess Charlotte Amalie (1706-1782), one of Frederik IV's children, starting in 1724.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at Frederiksberg Palace, the same location where Lorentz Hartmann, a member of "The 6 Danish Violons", presented a newly purchased music collection to the king in 1728.

Composition History

Fibiger's manuscripts, containing 255 pieces for guitar with bass, 37 with a second guitar part, and 34 hymns, survived thanks to Princess Charlotte Amalie, forming her "Music Collection" at the Royal Library.

Historical Context

King Frederik IV of Denmark (1699-1730) maintained a music ensemble, initially composed of six young boys, which later formed the royal Chapel.

Composer Biography

Johan Friederich Fibiger (ca. 1675-1738), the royal guitar maestro, was likely of German descent, as his family belonged to the German church St. Petri.

Historical Context

Johann Hermann Schrader (1684-1737), another of Princess Charlotte Amalie's teachers, published the "Tpnder Hymn Book" in 1731, which was influential in Slesvig-Holstein church history.