Christoph Stoltzenberg

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Christoph Stoltzenberg (born February 21, 1690 in Wertheim ; † June 11, 1764 in Regensburg ) was a German composer .

Life

Christoph Stoltzenberg (also written Stolzenberg) attended the School of the Holy Spirit in Nuremberg in 1701. In 1703 he moved to his sisters in Worms and continued his education there. From 1706 he attended grammar school in Frankfurt am Main, where he received piano and violin lessons and was employed as a choir singer. Stoltzenberg returned to Nuremberg in 1708. This was followed by a one-year stay with his brother in Hamburg. The return trip in 1709 went via Lüneburg, Dresden, Bohemia and Moravia to Salzburg, then to Nuremberg via Regensburg and Altdorf.

In 1710 Stoltzenberg began studying music with Nikolaus Deinl in Nuremberg . In 1711 he successfully applied for the position of cantor in Sulzbach . He married the mayor's daughter Kunigunda Wuttig. With her he had two daughters and a son. In 1714, the City Council of Regensburg appointed him cantor at the Poeticum grammar school and church music director of the Neupfarr, Oswald and Dreieinigkeitskirche.

After the death of his wife in 1717, Stoltzenberg married the pastor's daughter Christiana Anna Thillens, with whom he had eight daughters and three sons. In 1719 he acquired the citizenship of Regensburg.

He died unexpectedly on June 11, 1764. His second wife survived him by 14 years. His son Ehrenreich Carl followed him in the office of cantor.

Honors

There is a Stolzenbergstrasse in his places of activity in Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Regensburg.

The natural scientist, inventor and pastor Jacob Christian Schäffer dedicated his book "Explanatory suggestions for improving and promoting natural science" (Regensburg, 2nd edition 1764, published by Johann Leopold Montag), to Christoph Stolzenberg, "the best-deserved, well-loved and honored fifty-year-old teacher ( ...) ".

Works

The work of Stoltzenberg, which is well known today, was largely rediscovered, made accessible, published and recorded by Jürgen-Peter Schindler . It consists in particular of seven years of cantatas, namely from 1711, 1714, 1719, 1722, 1723 and 1739.

The following works, especially cantatas for special occasions, should be highlighted:

  • Weeping Peter (1722)
  • Zion, depressed under Nebucadnezzar, king of Babylon, but refreshed (1732)
  • Homage music: 1727, 1728, 1730, 1731
  • Pleasing praise and thanks to the great god in honor of the renewed monument of the noble book printer art invented three hundred years ago (1740)
  • Masses and Psalms
  • Death motets
  • Works for solo instruments
  • Orchestral works

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personal data
SURNAME Stoltzenberg, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stolzenberg, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Wertheim
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1764
Place of death regensburg