Introduction

Biography

Georg was the son of Chris­tof­fer Bron­ner (or Brun­ner) and Mar­ga­re­ta Brod­ha­gen.

He was not­ed as a sex­ton in East­er 1688. From East­er 1689 to Christ­mas 1719 he was or­gan­ist at the Heil­ig­en-Geist-Hos­pi­tal in Ham­burg.

He com­posed for the op­era Gän­se­markt, Ham­burg, 1693–1702. In 1699 he suc­ceed­ed Dr. M. Cordes as op­era di­rect­or.

Of the sev­en op­eras that Bron­ner com­posed in part with Jo­hann Mat­the­son and Jo­hann Chris­tian Schief­er­deck­er, on­ly the ti­tles are known.

Works

• Echo und Nar­ciss­us (op­era, 1693)
• Venus oder Die sieg­ende Liebe (op­era, 1693)
• Procris und Ceph­alus (op­era, 1701)
• Beatrix (op­era, 1701)
• Berenice (op­era, 1702)
• Tod des groß­en Pans (op­era, 1702)
• Victor Herz­og der Nor­man­nen (op­era, 1702)
• Nun lob mein Seel den Her­ren (can­ta­ta)
• Es woll uns Gott ge­nä­dig sein (can­ta­ta, 1714)
• Musicalisch-Chor­al-Buch, 1715 (sec­ond edi­tion, Ham­burg, Ger­ma­ny: Phi­lipp Her­tel, 1721)