Andreas Crappius

Andreas Crappius , also Krapp, Crappe (* 1542 in Lüneburg , † January 8, 1623 in Hanover ) was a German music teacher and hymn composer .

Life

As the son of Johannes Krapp from Wittenberg , he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg in 1565 , where his uncle Philipp Melanchthon once headed the university. Here he attended the philosophical faculty, where he received further training in the artistic subjects of the seven liberal arts .

After he had finished his studies in 1567 without an academic degree, he came to Hanover on March 28, 1568, where he held the position of cantor at the Latin school until 1616 . This was connected with the cantorate of the market church . His textbook Musicae artis elementa , published in 1599, remained in use for a long time. Among other things, he taught Melchior Schildt and, as a composer, ensured that the style of the Reformation years was preserved in Protestant church music. He created compositions for domestic devotion, which found dissemination through printing. In addition to choral and church music, he also wrote three masses. With his work as a composer, choir director and teacher, Crappius had a decisive influence on the musical life of Hanover, gained a reputation and was honored from his employment in 1616.

Honors

In 1922 the composer was honored with the naming of Crappiusstrasse in Hannover-Kleefeld .

Works (selection)

Songs

• Wedding chants in honor of Johann Schneidewein , Wittenb. 1568
• Cantiones sacrae 4 and 6 voc. , Magdeburg 1581, 1584; also 5 and 6 voc. , in addition to a mass about: God create a pure heart in me , ibid. 1582
• New spiritual songs and psalms, Helmstädt 1594
• Alone to you, Lord Jesus Christ
• Da pacem, domine,
• Keep us, Lord, by your word , graciously give us peace
• Now it is time to sing brightly, 1594
• Help me praise God's goodness, 1594

Fonts

• Musicae artis elementa. Pro pueris primùm incipientibus (Elementarwerk, Helmstedt 1599, 2nd edition 1609), Halle.

literature

• German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 2. p. 394.
• Music in the past and present . Volume 15, Col. 1535 f. (with work and bibliography).
• The New Grove . Volume 5. p. 24.
• H. Sievers in: R. Jakoby (Ed.): State University for Music and Theater Hanover . 1973, p. 26 f.
• Hugo Thielen : Crappius (eigtl. Krapp), Andreas . In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 87.
• Hugo Thielen, Crappius (actually Krapp), Andreas. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover . P. 119.
• Theodor Wilhelm Werner : * Thomas Crappius. A contribution to the Hanoverian cantor history . In Archiv für Musikwissenschaft 5, 1923, pp. 223-256 ( digitized version ).
• Hermann Zenck: The legacy of German music . Landscape monuments Lower Saxony. Kallmeyer, Wolfenbüttel / Berlin 1937–1942 (Volume 2: Andreas Crappius: Selected Works).
• Arrey von Dommer :  Crappius, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 566.
• Crappius, Andreas. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 6, Leipzig 1733, column 1535.
• Georg von Dadelsen :  Crappius, Andreas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 401 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Publications by and about Andreas Crappius in VD 17 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hugo Thielen: Crappius (. Eigtl Krapp), Andreas . In: Hannoversches biographisches Lexikon , p. 87.
2. ↑ See Daniel Eberhard Baring : Addendum to the Hannöverische Kirchen- und Schul-Historia so explained with some documents and a preface From famous memorials, especially those that are in and around Hanover, accompanied in two parts , Hanover 1748, p. 111 .