Christian Flor (composer)

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Christian Flor (* 1626 in Neukirchen (Ostholstein) ; † September 28, 1697 there ) was a German composer and organist .

Life

Flor came from a pastor family widespread in Schleswig-Holstein and was born the son of Pastor Otto Flor and his wife Catharina. He probably received his musical training from the organ masters in Hamburg or Lübeck . From 1652 he was organist at St. Marien in Rendsburg and in 1653 married Margarethe Hudemann († 1671), the daughter of his predecessor. A daughter Catharina was baptized on October 24, 1653 in Rendsburg. In 1654 at the latest he became organist at St. Lamberti in Lüneburg. After the death of his wife, he married Anna Dorothea Lange (1641–1685). From 1676 until his death he was (as the predecessor of Georg Böhm ) also organist at St. Johannis in Lüneburg. In 1683 he acquired the citizenship of Lüneburg.

Flor was known nationwide as an organist and organ expert. He made a major contribution to Lüneburg becoming one of the most important north German music centers of the time. His son Johann Georg (1679–1728) worked like his father as an organist at St. Lamberti in Lüneburg, his son Gottfried Philipp (1682–1723) from 1707 as an organist at St. Michaelis in Lüneburg.

In 1667 Flor composed a St. Matthew Passion, which is one of the first oratorical passions in music history. In addition to a few surviving organ works and independent harpsichord compositions, Flor created several collections of songs, occasional music and liturgical vocal works.

During his stay in Lüneburg as a student, Johann Sebastian Bach probably got to know compositions by Flor and was influenced by them. According to other sources, Bach is said to have known Flor personally and valued his compositions. The fact that both Johann Gottfried Walther (1732) and Johann Mattheson list it in their music lexicons also speaks for its reputation . The latter describes him in his basis of an honor gate (1740) as "the famous Lüneburg organist."

Works

  • Passion Oratorio, 1667
  • It's enough, sir , a little spiritual concert, Verlag C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2007
  • Open the gates , cantata for voices (SATB), strings and bc, Edition Baroque Bremen
  • Pastores currite in Bethlehem , cantata for voices (SATB), strings and bc, Edition Baroque Bremen
  • May the God of Israel bless you , cantata for voices (SATB), 2 violins and bc, Edition Baroque Bremen
  • Harpsichord works (could only be assigned to Flor in 1997), from this:
    • How beautifully the morning star shines ( online version; PDF; 76 KB )
    • Ten Suites for Piano , ed. by Jörg Jacobi, Edition Baroque Bremen 2006, ISMN-M-700266-05-9.
    • Thirteen & One Choral , Edition Baroque Bremen.
  • New musical soul paradise, understanding in oneself The most peculiar proverbs of H. Schrifft, New Testament, In Lehr- und Consolstreicher Lieder, and Hertzens devotions (which are so well known and customary in the Evangelical Churches, as well as completely new ones from the for excellent music, Messrs. Christian Flor, of the churches of S. Lambrecht, organists wolfed in Lueneburg, so art as lovely set melodies, can be played and sung) / correctly explained and drafted ... given by Johann Rist. Stern, Lüneburg 1662. 495 pp.
  • The believing mustard grain - 23 songs for voice and basso continuo based on poems by Georg Heinrich Werbern , 1665 (vocal works, Volume VIII), Edition Baroque Bremen.

literature

  • Kimberly Jean Beck: The Dance movements of Christian Flor in Lüneburg Mus. Ant. Pract. 1198. University of Iowa, Iowa 2009 ( online , PDF file; 4.76 MB).
  • Peter Epstein: An unknown Passion Oratorio by Christian Flor (1667). In: Bach yearbook. 27, 1930, pp. 56-99.
  • Joachim Kremer, Arndt Schnoor: Flor, Christian. In: Music in the past and present . Person part, volume 6. 2nd edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2001, Sp. 1338-1341.
  • Joachim Kremer, Friedrich Jekutsch, Arndt Schnoor (eds.): Christian Flor (1626–1697) - Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800). Texts and documents on the music history of Lüneburg. (= Publications of the Lüneburg Council Library , Volume 6; Music of the Early Modern Era , Volume 2). Von Bockel, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-932696-04-2 , therein a. a .:
    • Friedrich Jekutsch: Exhibition catalog Christian Flor [for the 1997 exhibition in Lüneburg]. Pp. 123-137.
    • Joachim Kremer: The "artful master". Christian Flor as song composer Johann Rists. Pp. 52-85.
    • Joachim Kremer: "... dances, jumps into the bet ..." About Christian Flors' vocal compositions. Pp. 86-117.
    • Arndt Schnoor: Christian Flor and the Lüneburg musical life of his time [with catalog raisonné]. Pp. 11-26.
    • Arndt Schnoor: Christian Flors works for keyboard instruments. Pp. 41-51.
    • Arndt Schnorr: On the aftermath of Christian Flors. Pp. 118-122.
    • Hilde Szwerinski: Directory of the preserved and verifiable works of Christian Flors as well as the compositions recorded by him. Pp. 27-40.
  • Arndt Schnoor: Recently discovered harpsichord works by Christian Flor, 1626-1697 [in German]. In: Music Research. 50/1, January-March 1997, pp. 74-76.
  • Hilde Szwerinski: Flor, Christian. In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck. Vol. 7, Wachholtz, Neumünster 1985, ISBN 3-529-02647-6 , pp. 64-66.
  • Stephen Rose: A Lübeck music auction, 1695. In: Schütz-Jahrbuch. 30, 2008, pp. 171-190.

Discography

  • Nicolaus Bruhns: Complete Organ Works (counterpoint 32198) ... Christian Flor (1616-1697): Chorale Preludes ... Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen at the Havgaard Rasmussen Organs in Eckernförde and Husum (D)
  • GA Pandolfi Mealli: Violin Sonatas (1660) and Harpsichord Suites by Christian Flor with Andrew Manze (Violin) (CCS 5894)
  • Dansk Orgelmusik i 400 år 3-CD-CLASSCD528-30 - A strong castle is our God & Suite i D, Mikkelsen [1]
  • Organ Landscape: Holstein-Lübeck ... Christian Flor ... Wolfgang Baumgratz (organ) MDG- 319 0962 (CD)
  • Musical spring fruits: Anonymus, Dietrich Becker, Christian Flor (harpsichord suites, 'Wedding Joy Sound') - Musica Poetica, Jörn Boysen (Challenge Classics) [2]

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kremer: Flor, Christian. 2001, p. 1338.
  2. ^ Kremer: Flor, Christian. 2001, p. 1339.
  3. ↑ Kurt von Fischer: The Passion. Music between art and church. Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel u. a. 1997, ISBN 3-476-01530-0 , p. 88.
  4. ^ Kremer: Flor, Christian. 2001, pp. 1340-1341.
  5. ^ Christoph Wolff : Johann Sebastian Bach . 4th edition. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-16739-5 , pp. 65 .
  6. ↑ Kimberly Jean Beck: The Dance movements of Christian Flor in Lüneburg Mus. Ant. Pract. 1198. University of Iowa, Iowa 2009, pp. 67, 74–75 ( online , PDF file; 4.76 MB)
  7. ^ Johann Mattheson: Basis of an honor gate . Hamburg 1740, p. 66 ( archive.org ).

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personal data
SURNAME Flor, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1626
PLACE OF BIRTH Neukirchen (Ostholstein)
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1697
Place of death Luneburg