Johann Jakob Schnell

Johann Jakob Schnell (1687 – 21 February 1754) was a German composer, court music director and music publisher.

Schnell belonged to a widely ramified family of musicians that originally came from the Allgäu. His father Bernhard Schnell was footman in the service of the music-loving count Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn [de] in Wiesentheid. In 1714 Schnell became oboist and violinist at the court of Bamberg. In July 1727 he was appointed court and chamber music director by the Bamberg prince-bishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn. Between 1734 and 1753 Schnell also appeared as a publisher of sacred music by other composers.

He died in Bamberg at about the age of 67.

• Sonata a 2 per Viola da Gamba e Violoncello (1722)
• 6 Missa no editae Op. 1 (Bamberg, 1729)
• Sex Parthiae Trisonae Op. 2, seinem Mäzen, dem Dompapitular und Geheimen Rat, Johann Philipp Anton von und zu Frankenstein gewidmet (Erlangen, 1731)
• 6 Concerta commode tractabila for violon principal, strings, organ and orchestra Op. 3 (Erlangen, 1731)
• 6 Sonatae trisonae a diversis intrumentis concertanibus Op. 4
• 6 Trios für Flöte, Violine und B.c.
• Kleine angenehme Tafel-Music Bestehend in VI. Parthien Op. 7
• 3 Vespere Brevis Op. 8 (Bamberg, 1736)
• 6 Neue ernst- und scherzhafte Parthien Op. 9 (Bamberg, 1738)