Caspar Movius
Caspar Movius , also Caspar Mowen, (born October 26, 1610 in Lenzen (Elbe) ; † January 24, 1671 Stralsund ) was a German teacher , church musician and composer .
Life
He studied theology in Greifswald and Rostock from 1629 to 1634 . Michaelis In 1634 he was appointed sub-principal at the Stralsund grammar school . From 1667 until his death he worked there as vice rector.
Movius was married twice. The son Friedrich Movius emerged from the first marriage (his wife died in 1660). In 1661 Movius married a Stralsund merchant widow.
Musical work
Beate Bugenhagen, student at the Institute for Church Music & Musicology in Greifswald, writes about this in the "Märkische Allgemeine": Movius' compositional work is exclusively devoted to sacred vocal music. The chants to accompany the figured bass in his first collections, "Hymnodia Sacra" 1 and 2, were written in 1634 and "Psalmodia Sacra Nova" (sacred concerts new Werck) in 1636. Others followed, such as "Triumphus Musicus Spiritualis" for six to eight voices and figured bass in 1640 .
literature
- Ernst Heinrich Zober: Documented history of the Stralsund grammar school from its foundation 1560 to 1860, Volume 3: The time from 1617 to 1679, Stralsund 1848, pp. 36 and 38
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Caspar Movius' matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Movius, Caspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher, church musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1610 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lenzen (Elbe) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1671 |
| Place of death | Stralsund |