Morgenroth was born in 1780 in Namslau in
Silesia (now
Namysłów in Poland), and was educated in Breslau (now
Wrocław) where he learned to play violin and piano. In 1798 he moved to Warsaw, and was an official in the
Kriegs- und Domänenkammer. After
Napoleon's victory over Prussia in 1806, Morgenroth moved to
Dresden. There he gave music lessons, and studied
basso continuo and composition with
Christian Ehregott Weinlig. From April 1812 he was one of the musicians of
the Hofkapelle in Dresden, where he met
Giovanni Battista Polledro (concertmaster from 1816 to 1822) and other musicians who were influential. He became assistant concertmaster in 1828; in 1838, on the death of
Antonio Rolla, he became concertmaster. Morgenroth died in Dresden on 14 August 1847. ==Works==