Christoph Leibfried

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Christoph Leibfried (born February 27, 1566 in Darmstadt , † June 16, 1635 in Basel ) was the land clerk of the Baden-Durlach Oberamt Rötteln and composer .

Life

Leibfried was the son of Christoph Leibfried and Elisabeth Woltz, who came from Würzburg. He received his training in Wertheim , Hammelburg and Schleusingen . In 1586 he left Schleusingen and turned to Karlstadt , from where he had to flee as a Lutheran in the course of the re-Catholicization initiated by the Prince-Bishop of the Duchy of Würzburg , Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn . After his escape he went to Heilbronn , where his uncle Johann Woltz was organist.

From 1587 Leibfried studied law at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . During his studies in Schleusingen and Tübingen, Leibfried wrote an organ tablature containing 122 motets and songs. Some of his smaller compositions date from 1588 . For the wedding of his brother-in-law (1592) he composed a poem and in 1593/94 he wrote some organ pieces and motets arranged for the organ. During his stay in Tübingen, which lasted until 1597, Leibfried also built up his extensive library.

Kepler's model of the solar system , from: Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596), drawn by Leibfried

His interest also extended to astronomy, which is documented in an astronomical compendium built in 1596 on his behalf by Anton Linden in Heilbronn. The compendium consists of a gold-plated brass box with several flaps and compartments for astronomical tables and instruments. The mathematician and astronomer Michael Mästlin, who has been teaching in Tübingen since 1583, was responsible for the publication of Johannes Kepler's Mysterium cosmographicum in 1596/97 , to which Leibfried also contributed a drawing. Leibfried was in correspondence with Mastlin in connection with this drawing.

In 1597 his brother-in-law gave him a secretary position at the office at Rötteln Castle and Leibfried moved with his wife and four daughters to the village of Rötteln . In 1599 Leibfried enrolled at the law faculty of the University of Basel and received his doctorate in the same year. After his brother-in-law, Josef Hettler, became chancellor of the Baden margrave in 1599, Leibfried was able to take over his position as land clerk for the Rötteln regional office. The Oberamt was a collegial authority, the head of which consisted of two people, the governor and the clerk. The land clerks of the Oberamt Rötteln had been graduates in law since the end of the 15th century. An instruction issued by Leibfried and the Röttler Landvogt, Christoph Daniel von Anweil ​​in 1610 to pastors and bailiffs on how to behave in the event of the plague has been preserved. In 1617 Leibfried supported his uncle Johann Woltz in the publication of his well-known work Nova musices organicae tabulatura with expert opinions, advice and help, as Woltz mentioned in his foreword. Leibfried was also in correspondence with the Basel botanist and anatomist Caspar Bauhin at least from 1599 to 1622 .

Half of Leibfried's tenure as land clerk fell during the Thirty Years' War , which drove him into exile in Basel in 1634. Already in the summer of 1633 Johann Wolfgang Phfeil became the new Röttler Landschreiber. Leibfried died on June 16, 1635 after a long illness and was buried in the cloister of Basel Minster . The funeral sermon was given by the Antistes of the Basel Church, Theodor Zwinger the Younger . The printed sermon has been preserved. The epitaph was saved in 2006 by the Basel Münsterbauhütte, but not reconstructed.

Library

Leibfried left behind a stately library with legal, historical and musicological works, which was bought by Remigius Faesch and in 1823 became part of the holdings of the Basel University Library .

marriage and family

Leibfried married Dorothea Hettler († 1634) on June 16, 1590, with whom he had six daughters and three sons. Are known:

  • Johann Christoph (1601-1633); Court attorney in Tübingen
  • Eva († 1632)
  • Johann Friedrich († 1632)
  • Anastasia ∞ Jacob Zangemeister

The later Chancellor of Margrave Georg Friedrich von Baden-Durlach , Joseph Hettler , was his brother-in-law. A grandson of Leibfried, Marx Christoffel Leibfried, became the first mayor of Lörrach , which was promoted to town in 1682 .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Baden Landschreiber Christoph Leibfried (Source: Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart)

In red from a green three-mountain, a white-clad virgin growing and carrying a branch, in her left hand a golden cornucopia with fruits and flowers. The same figure as a helmet ornament on the bourgeois stech helmet.

Works

  • Tabula III: Orbium planetarum dimensiones, et distantias per quinque regularia corpora geometrica exhibens. In: Johannes Kepler : Mysterium cosmographicum, Tuebingen: Georg Gruppenbach, 1596, after p. 24. doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-445 ; Description on astronomicalimages.group.cam.ac.uk accessed on May 21, 2018
  • Nonnullae ex SR Imperii Constitutionibus propositiones , Basel 1599 ( dissertation ) doi: 10.3931 / e-rara-7507
  • Capriccio In: Bernischer Organistenverband (editor): Swiss organ music, booklet 9 works by composers of the 16th and 17th centuries

literature

  • Karl E. Reinle: Dr. Christoph Leibfried (1566-1635). Markgräfl. Badischer Landschreiber on Rötteln. In: Blätter aus der Margrafschaft , year 1918, pp. 21–34. (Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library)
  • Karl E. Reinle: The grave monument of Dr. Christoph Leibfried (1566–1635), Markgräfl. Badischer Landschreiber on Rötteln. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 3-1930 / 31, pp. 81–83. Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  • Robert Eitner : Leibfried, Christoph. In: Biographical-Bibliographical Sources-Lexicon of Musicians and Music Scholars . 6th volume, Leipzig 1902, p. 119, uzh.ch (PDF)
  • Richard Nutzinger : Christoph Leibfried the Landschreiber to Rötteln and organ master. In: Die Margrafschaft, issue 2/1955, pp. 6-8
  • Christian Martin Vortisch: Landschreiber and jurists of the Upper Baden lordship. In: Das Markgräflerland, Issue 2/1988, pp. 157–173, on this s. Pp. 165-166. Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  • Fritz Schülin , Haagen community (ed.): Rötteln-Haagen , 1965, pp. 101-103
  • Theodor Zwinger : Christian corpse preaching, How we should be patiently with Christians, earnest penitence, incessant hope of heavenly bliss, into the tribulations of contemporary times: Held on June 18th, Anno 1635.… in Basel, Bey, a respectable burial of ... Mr. Christoff Leibfrid, on the right Doctorn ... to Rötelen. Hans Jacob Genath, Basel 1635 digitized ; On pages 27–30 contains information on the curriculum vitae on which Reinle's drafting is based.

Web links

Commons : Christoph Leibfried  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ he added "Gleucopolis" (Moststadt) or "Herbipolitanus" (Würzburger) to his name
  2. ↑ because of this and because of the higher reputation of the episcopal city, Leibfried called himself after Würzburg in his name additions.
  3. ↑ There is no evidence that explicitly mentions his denomination, but the later appointment by Margrave Georg Friedrich leads to this conclusion, as he did not tolerate Catholics or Reformed people.
  4. ^ Johann Woltz in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)Template: BMLO / maintenance / use of parameter 2
  5. ↑ Heinrich Hermelink (Ed.): The matriculations of the University of Tübingen 1477-1817 , Volume 1: 1477-1600, Stuttgart, 1906, p. 651 digitized
  6. ^ Hans Joachim Marx : Central German organ music of the 16th century. In: Jürgen Heidrich, Ulrich Konrad (Hrsg.): Traditions of Central German Music of the 16th Century. Göttingen 1999, p. 82, books.google.de
  7. ^ Hans Antoni Linden on the homepage of the Heilbronn City Archives
  8. ↑ Peter Wanner: The smartphone of the 16th century - a Heilbronn silversmith in the focus of the media . (PDF) Heilbronn 2016, p. 464
  9. ^ Photograph and description of the instrument on the British Museum website
  10. ↑ Tabula III: Orbium planetarum dimensiones, et distantias per quinque regularia corpora geometrica exhibens. In: Johannes Kepler : Mysterium cosmographicum, Tuebingen: Georg Gruppenbach, 1596, after p. 24, doi: 10.3931 / e-rara-445 ; Description on astronomicalimages.group.cam.ac.uk accessed on May 21, 2018
  11. ^ Letter from Christoph Leibfried to Michael Mästlin. Entry DE-611-HS-587112 at Kalliope; Printed by Max Caspar (Ed.): Johannes Kepler Gesammelte Werke. Letters 1590-1599 , Volume XIII., Pp. 98/99 digitized (PDF)
  12. ^ Rector's register of the University of Basel, Volume 2 (1568–1653) , p. 73r digitized version
  13. ↑ see front table p. 157
  14. ↑ Kurtze reminder / Whose behavior the pastors / Vögt / parishes and undertakings of these countries during times of tearing plague. Digitization of some pages
  15. ^ Johann Woltz: Nova musices organicae tabulatura , Johann Jakob Genath, Basel 1617 digitized
  16. ↑ Proof in the HAN union catalog; Enter the keyword "Leibfried"
  17. ↑ a picture of the epitaph see Karl E. Reinle: Das Grabdenkmal des Dr. Christoph Leibfried (1566–1635), Markgräfl. Badischer Landschreiber on Rötteln. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 3-1930 / 31, p. 82. Digital copy of the Freiburg University Library
  18. ↑ Christian corpse sermons, How we should be patiently with Christians, earnest penitence, incessant hope of heavenly bliss, in the tribulations of contemporary times: Held on the 18th day of June, Anno 1635. ... in Basel, Bey respectable burial of ... Messrs. Christoff Leibfrid, Doctorn on the right ... to Rötelen
  19. ^ The activities of the Basel Münsterbauhütte . (PDF) In: Friends of the Basler Münsterbauhütte. Annual report 2006, p. 10; accessed on May 23, 2018
  20. ↑ see front table p. 165
  21. ↑ Johann Falco: Iusta Leibfridiana: That is, Simple Sermon, bey the corpse Weilund deß… Mr., Joannis Christophori Leibfriden, JUD and Ms. Wrt. Hoff Court Advocati… Which the 16. Octobris… fell asleep ... , Tübingen 1633, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb11209465-6
  22. ↑ see family book Johann Michael Weckherlin - Cod.hist.oct.218 , Tübingen S. 324v, digitized version of the Württemberg State Library
  23. ↑ Proof on the homepage of the Bern Association of Organists; accessed on May 18, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Leibfried, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leibfrid, Johan Christophorus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baden Landschreiber in Rötteln and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1566
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1635
Place of death Basel