Johannes Andreas Amon (1763–1825)
Johannes Andreas Amon was born in Bamberg in 1763. In his youth he studied voice with Fracasini and violin with Bäuerle, both in Bamberg. He later learned the horn from one of the leading horn virtuosos of his day, Jan Václav Stich, better known as Giovanni Punto. From 1780 he probably accompanied Punto as a pianist on his travels across Europe.
In 1789 Amon took up a post as music director in Heilbronn, where he also worked as a music publisher. In 1817 he was appointed Kapellmeister at the court of Wallerstein, where he died in 1825.
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2 Sextets in E major and F major for 2 obbligato horns, violin, viola, cello and trombone
First edition
The two sextets were composed around 1810 and are dedicated to the "frères Zwirzina", the sons of the Wallerstein horn player Franz Anton Zwierzina (1751–1825): Franz Xaver Zwierzina (1786–1838) and Joseph Anton Alois Zwierzina (born 1788). Like their father, both learned the horn and served as horn players at the Wallerstein court.
The use of the trombone is particularly noteworthy: there is no specific record of any trombonist in Wallerstein, and the trombone was a rarely used instrument in chamber music at the time. As an alternative, the trombone part can be played on double bass.
This edition presents both sextets in print for the first time.
Listening example
Sextet No. 1, 1st movement: Adagio – Allegro