During a temporary stay at Potsdam he had an opportunity of showing his self-acquired skill as a pianist before King Frederick William II, who thereupon made him a yearly allowance to enable him to complete his musical studies. This he did under Johann Gottlieb Naumann, a German composer of the Italian school, and the style of that school Himmel himself adopted in his serious operas.
The first of these, a pastoral opera, Il primo navigatore, was produced at Venice in 1794 with great success. In 1792 he went to Berlin, where his oratorio Isaaco was produced, in consequence of which he was made court Kapellmeister to the king of Prussia, and in that capacity wrote a great deal of official music, including cantatas, and a coronation Te Deum.
His Italian operas, successively composed for Stockholm, St Petersburg and Berlin, were all received with great favor in their day. Of greater importance than these is a Singspiel to words by Kotzebue, called Fanchon. Himmel’s gift of writing genuine simple melody is also observable in his Lieder, including An Alexis send ich dich (To Alexis). He died in Berlin.
original für Violine und Klavier
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1161566
for: Bass Voice, SATB and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 884039
original für Violine und Klavier
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1161505
Vier Lieder aus: "Fanchon, das Leyermädchen", 1804
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1655495
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 654949
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111128
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 654948
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