Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich (1765–1814)

German harpsichordist, pianist, and composer. He read theology at Halle University, but later under the patronage of Frederick William II of Prussia studied music at Dresden under Johann Naumann and in Italy, where he produced two operas. Appointed court Kapellmeister in Berlin in 1795, he was still able to travel and visited Russia, Scandinavia, Paris, London, and Vienna.

Works Opera Il primo navigatore (1794), La morte di Semiramide (1795), Alessandro (1799), Vasco da Gama (1801), Frohsinn und Schwärmerei, Fauchon das Leyermädchen (1804), Die Sylphen, Der Kobold (1813).

Oratorio Isacco.

Church music funeral cantata for the King of Prussia; Masses, Te Deum, motets, psalms and other church music.

Other instrumental music, songs.