Johann Schop

Johann Schop (c.1590-1667) was a German violinist and composer, much admired as a musician and a technician, who was a virtuoso and whose compositions for the violin set impressive technical demands for that area at that time. [harvnb|Boyden|1990|p=136] In 1756 Leopold Mozart commented on the difficulty of a trill in a work by Schop, probably composed before 1646. [harvnb|Boyden|1990|p=168]

He worked in Hamburg. He published books of violin music in 4 to 6 parts and some of his music was performed at the Peace of Westphalia celebrations.

His melody "Werde Munter" of 1641 was orchestrated by Johann Sebastian Bach for the chorale movements (6 and 10) of Bach's cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben". The sixth movement is "Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe", and the tenth movement is "Jesu bleibet meine Freude". Under the English title of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" Bach's chorale has been arranged for different instruments and has gained wide popularity. [harvnb|Arnold|1983|p=993]

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*Citation
last = Boyden
first = David Dodge
year =1990
title =The History of Violin Playing from Its Origins to 1761
publisher =Oxford University Press
isbn =0198161832
*Citation
last = Arnold
first = Denis
year =1983
title =The New Oxford Companion to Music
publisher =Oxford University Press
isbn =0193113163