Andreas Hakenberger

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Andreas Hakenberger (* around 1574 in Kremmin Kr. Saatzig in Pomerania; † June 5, 1627 in Danzig ) was a German composer and conductor .

Career

The place of birth of Köslin, presumed by Rudolf Schwartz in 1907, is not documented by written sources, but Andreas Hakenberger describes himself as pomeranus on a print from 1610 . Little is known about Hakenberger's youth. The first clue is his enrollment in the winter semester of 1587 at the Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder (Andreas Hackenbergh Cremensis 7) . Hakenberger was able to pay the regular enrollment fee and, by studying at the Viadrina, embarked on the usual training path to become a cantor in the Mark Brandenburg . Historians suspect that he received his musical training from Johann Wanning in Danzig. From 1602 to 1607 he was probably a composer, lute player and singer in the royal court orchestra in Krakow . In 1606 the post of Kapellmeister at St. Mary's Church in Danzig , which became Lutheran soon after the Reformation , became vacant. Hakenberger applied twice by 1607, but the city council initially left the position vacant for two years. In 1608, Hakenberger was appointed, although there had also been two competitors; one of the two was the Szczecin councilor Philipp Dulichius .

Hakenberger increased the staff of the council band to the impressive number of 14 singers and 11 instrumentalists by 1614. He had thus created the conditions for the performance of his large-scale sacred works, which were published shortly afterwards in two collections of 1615 and 1617. He mainly created sacred works with Latin text, but also wrote secular pieces with German text. Most of his pieces use the multi- choir Cori Spezzati (Italian for 'separate choirs'), as it was in fashion at the time for sacred chants. He was one of the most important composers of his time. At the end of his life, Hakenberger got into financial difficulties. He died on June 5, 1627 in Danzig; his body was buried in the Gdańsk St. Nicholas Church .

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  • "Hakenberger's compositions move in the direction of brilliant representation using the greatest possible means and with a new richness of sound and with sensual charm. With him, the euphoria of the Venetian style penetrates Gdansk soil, a style that was clearly learned from Jacob Handl . "
  • "His five to eight-part New German Chants, which appeared in 1610, are an important contribution to the madrigal secular song."
  • “In the Harmonia sacra (1617), one of his most important works, Hakenberger used the figured bass for the first time; In the two Tricinia collections, however, he dispenses with this innovation. So Hakenberger has not yet taken the step to the small spiritual concert. "

Works

  • Into the magna ( motet for five-part choir), published in a collection by Wincenty Lilius, Cracow 1604.
  • New German Chants ( madrigals for five-part and one for eight-part choir, composed in the manner of the French madrigals), Danzig 1610.
  • Odaria Suavissima (Latin hymns to Jesus for three voices), Danzig 1612 (published after his death in 1628, lost work).
  • Sacri modulorum contentus, de festa solennibus totius anni et de tempore (41 pieces of music, dedicated to Bishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki), published in Stettin 1615.
  • Harmonia sacra in qua motectae (21 eight-part motets, dedicated to King Sigismund III. Wasa ), 1617.

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predecessor Office successor
Nicolaus Zangius Kapellmeister of the Marienkirche in Danzig
1608–1627 		Kaspar Förster the Elder
personal data
SURNAME Hakenberger, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hackenberger, Andreas; Hakenberger, Andrzej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and Kapellmeister
DATE OF BIRTH around 1574
PLACE OF BIRTH Koslin
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1627
Place of death Danzig