Bartłomiej Pękiel

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Bartłomiej Pękiel (Pekiel) (* after 1600; † around 1670 in Krakow ) was a Polish composer of the Baroque era .

life and work

According to Johann Mattheson , Pękiel was of German origin, but since no evidence can be found for this, this information is considered unsecured. From 1630 Pękiel was organist at the royal court and assistant to Marco Scacchi , the royal conductor in Warsaw , later he was given this position himself, which he held from 1649 to 1655. In 1657 he moved to Cracow and succeeded Franciszek Lilius as Kapellmeister at the Wawel Cathedral there . After 1664 his trace is lost in the sources, but his death is believed to have been around 1670, as the position of cathedral music director was filled in October of that year.

Alongside Marcin Mielczewski and Adam Jarzębski , Pękiel was decisive for the artistic level of the Warsaw court orchestra, which at that time was influenced by Italian and incorporated elements of polychoralism . His dialogue oratorio Audite mortales is the only contribution by a Polish baroque composer to this type of work.

Works (selection)

His around 30 traditional sacred compositions, for polyphonic choir with instrumental accompaniment, are composed in the “style-concertato” coming from Italy.

  • Missa pulcherrima
  • Missa Paschalis
  • Missa concertata "La Lombardesca"
  • Missa a 4 voci
  • Missa senza le cermonie
  • Ave Maria . motet
  • Nativitas tua . Motet (ATTB)
  • O adoranda Trinitas . Motet (ATTB)
  • Magnum noun domini . Motet (CATB)
  • Resonate in Laudibus . Motet (CATB)
  • Salvator orbis . Motet (CATB)
  • Domine ne in furore . Motet, (ATTB)
  • Quae est ista . Motet, (ATTB)
  • O Salutaris Hostia , motet, (ATTB)
  • Sub Tuum Praesidium . Motet (ATTB)

literature

  • Stanisław Kokoszka:  Pękiel, Peckel, Pachel, Pekel, Pekiel, Bartłomiej. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 13 (Paladilhe - Ribera). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1133-0 , Sp. 249-251 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . tape 4 . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 284 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Mattheson: Basis of an honor gate. Hamburg 1740, p. 40 ( digitized version ofhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dgrundlageeinereh00matt~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D71~ double sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D the Berlin 1910 edition, here p. 71 f.).
personal data
SURNAME Pękiel, Bartłomiej
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pekiel, Bartlomiej; Pechel, Bartłomiej; Pekel, Bartholomaeo; Peckel, Bartholomeo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish Baroque composer
DATE OF BIRTH after 1600
DATE OF DEATH around 1670
Place of death Krakow