Benedict Faber

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Benedikt (Benedict) Faber (* around 1580 in Hildburghausen ; † April 28, 1634 in Coburg ) was a German composer.

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Benedikt Faber was probably a son of the Hildburghausen rector and later archdeacon Johann Christoph Faber (1546 / 47–1633) and Anna Virnin, sister of a pastor in Häselrieth. According to general In German biography, however, he was a son of the tailor Claus Schmied, whose father was the pastor Wilhelm Schmied, called Faber. Faber himself married a woman named Helena on November 23, 1618 in Coburg, with whom he had a son and a daughter. His wife was a daughter of the Coburg citizen and zinc horn blower Ambrosius Hacker.

Faber received an apprenticeship in Augsburg and learned there as “condiscipulus” (classmate) Melchior Francks . Adam Gumpelzhaimer could have been one of his teachers . Around 1602 he went to Coburg and joined the court orchestra as musician. On the occasion of Melchior Franck's wedding in 1607 he composed an 8-part “Canticum gratulatorium”. Franck then repeatedly integrated works by Faber into his own collections between 1608 and 1614, which also shows that the two were on friendly terms.

Faber's compositions no longer fully exist today. With the “Triumphus musicalis in Victoriam Resurrectionis Christi”, which he wrote in Coburg in 1609, he created one of the few known settings of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the early 17th century. The work, which is presumably no longer available today, is therefore considered to be important for music history. In addition, there are still many occasional works and the larger "Sacrae Cantiones" that were published in Coburg in 1604 and 1610. There were a total of 29 motets for four to eight voices.

Faber wrote his choral movements in a relaxed, homophonic manner, based on the multi-choir compositions of his friend Franck.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Synofzik:  Faber, Benedikt. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
  2. ↑ Ingward Ullrich: Hildburghäuser musicians. Series: Writings on the history of the city of Hildburghausen, Volume 4. - Verlag Frankenschwelle KG, Hildburghausen 2003 - ISBN 3-86180-129-9
  3. ^ Moritz Fürstenau:  Faber, Benedict . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 490.
personal data
SURNAME Faber, Benedict
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faber, Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1580
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildburghausen
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1634
Place of death Coburg