Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach
Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (* around 1530 in Naumburg ; † January 29, 1597 ) was a German organist and arranger of the Renaissance period . He published the first printed collection of organ music in Germany.
Life
Ammerbach attended the University of Leipzig (1548–1549) and was then, presumably until the end of his life, Thomas organist at the Thomaskirche . In 1564 he acquired civil rights. He was married three times and the father of eleven children. The preface to his publication from 1571, a book of organ tablature , shows that he made trips abroad (Italy) for study purposes, but there is no further information.
Services
Ammerbach's collection is the first example of the notation known today as "New German Organ Tablature", which was still used in the eighteenth century. It only uses letters for pitches and rhythmic symbols placed above them. Ammerbach's tablatures contain arrangements by various popular composers from the mid-16th century, including Ludwig Senfl , Heinrich Isaac , Josquin Desprez , Clemens non Papa and especially Orlande de Lassus . There are no known compositions by Ammerbach himself.
The secular music in Ammerbach's publications has German titles, the sacred works Latin. His last publication ( 1583 ) contains a large number of arrangements of Italian madrigals for keyboard instruments.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Ammerbach, Elias Nikolaus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 147.
- Arrey von Dommer : Ammerbach, Elias Nikolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 402 f.
- Wilhelm Ehmann: Ammerbach, Elias Nikolaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 253 ( digitized version ).
- Martin Petzoldt : Die Thomasorganisten zu Leipzig , in: Christian Wolff (Hrsg.): Die Orgeln der Thomaskirche zu Leipzig , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2012, pp. 95–137 (pp. 97–99), ISBN 3-374-02300- 2 .
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach in the International Music Score Library Project
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SURNAME | Ammerbach, Elias Nikolaus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1530 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Naumburg |
DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1597 |