Ambrosius Beber
Ambrosius Beber ( bl. 1610-1620) was a German composer and musician.
Life
The dates of birth and death of Ambrosius Bebers are not known. He was active in Naumburg (Saale) in the first quarter of the 17th century . All that has been preserved is a setting of the Passion story based on the evangelist Markus , which Beber first sent to the city council of Delitzsch in 1610 and then to Dresden ten years later .
Works
- Historia of the Passion of Christ according to the Evangelist St. Marco composed for two choirs (around 1610)
- Historia Johannis des Täufers (lost; listed in the Delitzscher Kantoreikatalog)
literature
- Walter Blankenburg : Beber, Ambrosius. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 2 (Bagatti - Bizet). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1112-8 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Walter Blankenburg: Beber, Ambrosius. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Peter Epstein: On the history of the German choral passion. In: Yearbook of the Peters Music Library . 36th vol., 1929, pp. 35-50.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beber signed the dedication letter to the Elector Johann Georg I with Naumburgensis Musicus. (see Epstein 1929, p. 50).
- ↑ Epstein 1929, p. 37.
- ↑ Epstein 1929, p. 37.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beber, Ambrosius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th century |