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'''John Frederick Lampe''' ([[1703]] - [[1751]]) was a musician. |
'''John Frederick Lampe''' ([[1703]] - [[1751]]) was a musician. |
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He was born in [[Saxony]], but came to England in [[1724]] and played the [[bassoon]] in opera houses. His wife, Isabella, was sister-in-law to the composer [[Thomas Arne]] with whom Lampe collaborated on a number of concert seasons. Like Arne, Lampe wrote operatic works in English in defiance of the vogue for Italian opera popularised by [[George Frideric Handel]] and [[Nicola Porpora]]. He became a friend of [[Charles Wesley]]. His works for the stage include the mock operas ''[[Pyramus and Thisbe]]'' ([[1745]]) and ''[[The Dragon of Wantley]]'' ([[1734]]), which ran for 69 nights, a record for the time, surpassing ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]''. He was based for a time in [[Dublin]] and later in [[Edinburgh]], where he died. |
He was born in [[Saxony]], but came to England in [[1724]] and played the [[bassoon]] in opera houses. His wife, Isabella, was sister-in-law to the composer [[Thomas Arne]] with whom Lampe collaborated on a number of concert seasons. Like Arne, Lampe wrote operatic works in English in defiance of the vogue for Italian opera popularised by [[George Frideric Handel]] and [[Nicola Porpora]]. Lampe, along with [[Henry Carey (writer)|Henry Carey]] and J. S. Smith, founded the short-lived English Opera Project. He became a friend of [[Charles Wesley]]. His works for the stage include the mock operas ''[[Pyramus and Thisbe]]'' ([[1745]]) and ''[[The Dragon of Wantley]]'' ([[1734]]), which ran for 69 nights, a record for the time, surpassing ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]''. He was based for a time in [[Dublin]] and later in [[Edinburgh]], where he died. |
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John Frederick Lampe (1703 - 1751) was a musician.
He was born in Saxony, but came to England in 1724 and played the bassoon in opera houses. His wife, Isabella, was sister-in-law to the composer Thomas Arne with whom Lampe collaborated on a number of concert seasons. Like Arne, Lampe wrote operatic works in English in defiance of the vogue for Italian opera popularised by George Frideric Handel and Nicola Porpora. Lampe, along with Henry Carey and J. S. Smith, founded the short-lived English Opera Project. He became a friend of Charles Wesley. His works for the stage include the mock operas Pyramus and Thisbe (1745) and The Dragon of Wantley (1734), which ran for 69 nights, a record for the time, surpassing The Beggar's Opera. He was based for a time in Dublin and later in Edinburgh, where he died.
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