Bonaventure Borchgrevinck

Bonaventura Borchgrevinck , also Borchgreving or Borchgrevink , (died at the earliest in 1596 , not 1587), was a musician and court conductor.

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Bonaventura Borchgrevinck probably came from the Netherlands. The Elector of Saxony followed a recommendation from the Bishop of Bremen, Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg , and brought Borchgrevinck to his court as a musician in 1579. In the following year he moved to Gottorf as court musician , where he was appointed Kapellmeister in 1586 at the latest. After Duke Adolf died, Borchgrevinck went to Copenhagen and was Kapellmeister at the court of King Friedrich II from January 1st to July 1st, 1587. Here he was responsible for six journeymen and two apprentices.

In 1593 Borchgrevinck worked as a musician with Simon VI. von Lippe to Brake Castle , from 1593 to 1595 in Dresden , then again in 1595/96 as Kapellmeister at Gottorf Castle, now with Duke Johann Adolf . It left no lasting traces musically, but it is an example of the influence the Dutch had in northern Germany and Scandinavia at the time.

family

Borchgrevinck was married to a woman of unknown name who must have died in 1607. The couple had two sons, including Melchior (around 1570-1632). He was one of his father's apprentices in Copenhagen and became the chief conductor of Christian IV. For the first large-scale Danish music publication Giardino novo, he particularly described the Venetian madrigalists of the 16th century, who thus became known in Northern Europe.

literature

• Uwe Haensel: Borchgrevinck, Bonaventura . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 47.