Description
You Shall in Jerusalem Be Filled with Gladness
Ihr sollt an Jerusalem ergötzet werden
Johann Friedrich Peter (1746-1813)
Text: Isaiah 66:13-14
SSAB choir
piano/organ
Instrumental parts (opt.) available:
2 flutes, 2 horns, strings
Organ part in a lower key, available.
$1.95
MMFS1107
Johann Friedrich Peter (1746-1813) was born in Heerendijk, Holland, to German Moravian parents. He was educated in Holland and Germany, and, with his brother Simon, came to America in 1770. Peter appears to have begun composing very shortly after his arrival in the new world. He served the Pennsylvania Moravians in Nazareth, Bethlehem, and Lititz, and was sent to Salem, NC, in 1780. There, among other duties, he assumed the position of music director for the community. He afterwards served Moravians in Graceham, MD; Hope, NJ; and Bethlehem, PA. J. F. Peter’s many works have earned him the reputation of being the most gifted of Moravian composers in America. His six string quintets, written in Salem and dated 1789, are the earliest known chamber music written in this country. He died in Bethlehem on July 13, 1813, shortly after playing for a children’s service.
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