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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
vn, 1620-1680 AT, Scheibbs
Musician / Composer of Classical
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620–1623 – between 29 February and 20 March 1680) was an Austrian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. Almost nothing is known about his early years, but he seems to have arrived in Vienna during the 1630s, and remained composer and musician at the Habsburg court for the rest of his life. He enjoyed a close relationship with Emperor Leopold I, was ennobled by him, and rose to the rank of Kapellmeister in 1679. He died during a plague epidemic only months after getting the position.
Popular Tracks 
Air (from Water Music) on Baroque Christmas Music by Various Artists Ciaccona in A Major on Schmelzer: Sonatae a violino solo by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Hélène Schmitt, Jan Krigovsky, Stephan Rath & Jörg-Andreas Bötticher Harmonia a cinque con basso continuo in B-Flat Major on The Heart's Refuge by Theatre of Early Music, Schola Cantorum & Daniel Taylor Sonate in A Minor: I. Preludio on Schmelzer: Sonatae a violino solo by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Hélène Schmitt, Jan Krigovsky, Stephan Rath & Jörg-Andreas Bötticher Sonata quarta in D Major: I. Ciaccona on Schmelzer: Sonatae a violino solo by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Hélène Schmitt, Jan Krigovsky, Stephan Rath & Jörg-Andreas Bötticher Sonatæ unarum fidium: Sonata No. 2 on The Emperor's Fiddler by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer & David Irving Sonatae unarum didium, seu a violino solo: Sonata No. 4 on Passaggio, eine barocke Alpenüberquerung by Georg Kallweit & Björn Colell Sonata Natalis in D Major on Christmas Concertos by Virtuosi Saxoniae & Ludwig Güttler Sonata à 3 in D Major, S-Uu 8:9 "Lanterly" on Chamber Music: London Baroque - Rosenmuller, J. / Hacquart, C. / Buxtehude, D. / Biber, H. I. F. by London Baroque Sonata for violin and viola on Biber: Imitatio by Sophie Gent, Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort & Maude GrattonTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonatas | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Le Concert Brisé, William Dongois | 2017 | Album |
| Sanctum Desiderium | Musæ Jovis, Pieter De Moor, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Philipp Krieger, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Johann Philipp Förtsch | 2015 | Album |
| Sacro-Profanus Sonatas | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Ensemble Masques, Olivier Fortin | 2013 | Album |
| Spicy "Exotic" Music For Violin | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber • Johann Joseph Fux • Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Les Passions De L'Ame, Meret Lüthi | 2013 | Album |
| Barockes Welttheater | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Freiburger BarockConsort | 2012 | Album |
| Freiburger Barockorchester Edition | Freiburger Barockorchester - Johann Sebastian Bach I Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach I Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber I Georg Friedrich Händel I Pietro Antonio Locatelli I Johann Georg Pisendel I Henry Purcell I Johann Heinrich Schmelzer I Georg Philipp Telemann I Antonio Vivaldi I Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri I Jan Dismas Zelenka | 2011 | Album |
| »Felix Austria« Works For Viola Da Gamba Consort | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer • Giovanni Legrenzi • Giovanni Valentini • Johann Jakob Froberger • Klaus Mertens • Hamburger Ratsmusik • Simone Eckert | 2010 | Album |
| Music at the Habsburg Court | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer · Johann Joseph Fux – Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 2007 | Compil. |
| Sonatae A Violino Solo | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Hélène Schmitt - Jan Krigovsky - Stephan Rath - Jörg Andreas Bötticher | 2007 | Album |
| Stabat Mater | Giovanni Felice Sances, Antonio Bertali, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Carlos Mena, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot | 2007 | Album |
| Unarum Fidium | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - John Holloway | 1999 | Album |
| Seventeenth Century Music And Dance From The Viennese Court | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor | 1998 | Album |
| Sonata Pro Tabula | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber • Johann Heinrich Schmelzer • Antonio Bertali • Johann Pezel • Giovanni Valentini - Musica Antiqua Köln • Reinhard Goebel • Flanders Recorder Quartet | 1998 | Album |
| Musik Für Consort = Consort Music | William Byrd, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Georg Muffat, Leonhardt-Consort | 1998 | Album |
| Requiem - Trumpet Music - Battalia - Sonatas | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, New London Consort, Philip Pickett | 1998 | Compil. |
| La Margarita, Musique Pour la Cour à Vienne Et Prague | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Lorenz Duftschmid, Armonico Tributo Austria | 1996 | Album |
| Violin Sonatas | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Romanesca | 1996 | Album |
| Missa Alleluja / Vesperae Sollennes | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Gradus Ad Parnassum, Konrad Junghänel | 1995 | Album |
| Musik Im Barocken Wien | Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Alessandro Poglietti, Pavel Josef Vejvanovský | 1995 | Album |
| Sonatas | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Freiburger BarockConsort | 1995 | Album |
| Sonatas • Balletti Francesi • Ciaconna | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer • Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra • Jeanne Lamon | 1993 | Album |
| Baroque Violin Sonatas | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber . Johann Heinrich Schmelzer . Johann Jakob Walther, Lucy van Dael, Bob van Asperen, Wouter Möller | 1993 | Album |
| Weihnachtskonzerte - Christmas Concertos - Concertos De Noel | Francesco Manfredini • Johann Sebastian Bach • Pavel Josef Vejvanovský • Antonio Vivaldi • Giuseppe Torelli • Johann David Heinichen • Johann Heinrich Schmelzer • Arcangelo Corelli / Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Güttler | 1993 | Album |
| Sonates | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer / Georg Muffat - London Baroque, Charles Medlam | 1992 | Album |
| Capriccio Stravagante (17th Century Programmatic Music) | Carlo Farina / Johann Heinrich Schmelzer / Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Academy Of Ancient Music | 1987 | Album |
| German Consort Music 1660-1710 | Johann Rosenmüller / Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer / Georg Böhm / Johann Heinrich Schmelzer / Georg Philipp Telemann - The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman And Peter Holman | 1983 | Album |
| Altböhmische Schloß- und Jagdmusiken | Johann Pezel, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Pavel Josef Vejvanovský, Alessandro Poglietti, Giacomo Carissimi, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Janez Krstnik Dolar, Bedřich Diviš Weber, Frantisek Vincec Kramar, Frantisek Xaver Dussek, Jan Vent, Pavel Vranický | 1978 | Album |
| Sacro-profanus Concentus Musicus 1662 | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Concentus Musicus Wien | 1970 | Album |
| Delightful Divertimentos & Pretty Partitas By Stamitz, Quantz, Krumlovsky, Buoncini & Schmelzer | Johann Joachim Quantz, Carl Stamitz, Krumlovsky, Giovanni Bononcini, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer | 1970 | Album |
| Music Of The Emperors At The Hofburg Castle Vienna | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Leopold I, Georg Muffat, Joseph I, Antonio Cesti, Rotraud Hansmann, Baroque Ensemble Of Vienna, Theodor Guschlbauer | 1966 | Album |
| Music In Old Towns And Residences (II) / Vienna: - At The Court Of Leopold I | Johann Joseph Fux / Giovanni Legrenzi / Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber / Johann Heinrich Schmelzer / Leopold I | 1965 | Album |
| Chamber Music Of The Baroque Period | Johann Joachim Quantz, Carl Stamitz, Jan Krumlowský, Giovanni Bononcini, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer | 1965 | Album |
| Musique Des Empereurs Au Chateau de la Hofburg A Vienne | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Leopold I, Georg Muffat, Antonio Cesti | 1964 | Album |
| Wien Am Hofe Leopolds 1 | Giovanni Legrenzi, Johann Joseph Fux, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Leopold I | 1963 | Album |
| Komödiantische Musik Des Barock / Comediantal Music Of The Baroque Era | Carlo Farina, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Marin Marais, Antonio Vivaldi / Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Album | |
| Hannover - Eine Festliche Soirée In Herrenhausen | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer / Antonio Sartorio / Jean-Baptiste Lully / Agostino Steffani / Georg Friedrich Händel / Francesco Venturini | Album | |
| Musikalische Schlachtengemälde / Musical Battle Scenes / Batailles Musicales | Heinrich Isaac / William Byrd / Johann Heinrich Schmelzer / Georg Muffat / Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Musica Antiqua Wien Leitung: René Clemencic, Concentus Musicus Wien Leitung: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Lady Jeans | Compil. | |
| Deutsche Barock Kammermusik (IV) | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer • August Kühnel • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber • Philipp Friedrich Buchner • Clamor Heinrich Abel • Ricercar Consort, François Fernandez, Philippe Pierlot, Jan Willem Jansen | Album | |
| Deutsche Barock Kammermusik (III) | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Pachelbel, Antonio Bertali, Francesco Turini | Album | |
| Festliche Bläsermusik Alter Meister | Daniel Speer, Johann Pezel, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Melchior Franck, Johann Beer, Georg Friedrich Händel, Antonio Vivaldi, Michael Haydn, Musica Antiqua Wien, René Clemencic, Hans-Martin Linde, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Münchener Kammerorchester, Hans Stadlmair, Maurice André, Gustav Neudecker, Alois Spach | Album |
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