Franciscus Florius

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Franciscus Florius (also Franz Flori the Elder ; * around 1530 in Maastricht (uncertain), † 1588 in Munich ) was a Franco-Flemish composer , singer and bandwright of the Renaissance .

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No information has been passed on about the early years and training of Franciscus Florius. Music historical research assumes that he came to Munich with Orlando di Lasso in the fall of 1556, where he got a job as a singer at Duke Albrecht V's court orchestra , namely as court bassist . His salary was higher than that of the conductor Ludwig Daser at the time . On April 23, 1557 he received a letter of appointment which guaranteed him a lifelong position and salary. In addition to his work as a singer, Florius was also employed as a music copyist together with the court copyist Johannes Pollet. After Pollet left in 1571, he was promoted to chief copyist; he held this position until his death. Numerous historical choir books of the Bavarian State Library and the Munich Jesuit College are wholly or partially written by his hand. More recently, the handwriting of Franz Flori the Elder has also been documented in a choir book that is now in Utrecht . He regularly added careful dates to the copies he made, so that many conclusions can be drawn about the time and occasion of the works in question, mostly by Orlando di Lasso.

Franciscus Florius had four sons, Franciscus (Franz Flori the Younger, around 1552 - 1583) as well as Johannes (before 1555 - after 1598), Jakob (around 1554 - after 1599) and Georg Florius (around 1558 - after 1594), all as Singers and composers have emerged. For a long time it was not possible to distinguish between father and son Franciscus Florius in the traditional works. The date and place of publication of the prints by the publisher Jacob Baethen in Maastricht, however, now speak more for the father's authorship. The trips of the Munich court orchestra and his own trips took the composer to the imperial court in Vienna in 1570 , to Innsbruck in 1571 and to the Netherlands in 1575. The Duke's special appreciation of his work is also due to the fact that he has repeatedly granted him pardons over the years.

Works

  • Missa [semibrevis] quatuor vocum super carmen belgicum “Waer maech sy syn” with four voices
  • Song "Waer machse sijn die alderliefste" with three voices

Literature (selection)

  • M. van Daalen: The Utrecht Lasso Codex from the Bayerische Hofkapelle in Munich , in: Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor nederlandse muziekgeschiedenis No. 30, 1980, pages 85-112

Web links

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  1. ↑ The Music in Past and Present (MGG), Person Part Volume 6, Bärenreiter and Metzler, Kassel and Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1116-0
  2. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , edited by Stanley Sadie, 2nd Edition, Volume 9, McMillan, London 2001, ISBN 0-333-60800-3
personal data
SURNAME Florius, Franciscus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flori, Franz; Flory, Franciscus; Florij, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Flemish composer, singer and sheet music copyist of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH around 1530
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Maastricht
DATE OF DEATH 1588
Place of death Munich