Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke

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Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke , also Schwenke (born December 15, 1823 in Hamburg , †  June 11, 1896 there ) was a German organist and composer .

Life

Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke belonged to a family of musicians who shaped the musical life of Hamburg for four generations. He was a grandson of Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke and son of the organist at the main church St. Nikolai Johann Friedrich Schwencke . His uncle Carl (1797-1870) was also active as a composer and musician.

Organ of the Nikolaikirche (1891)

He received his first lessons from his father and was already performing in his father's organ concert at the age of 12. During his tenure, the church was destroyed by the fire in Hamburg in 1842 and the monumental new building began. During this time Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke appeared as a pianist in his own concerts and those of others, which took him to Paris. In 1851 he became an adjunct to his father and, when he died the following year, his successor as organist at the Nikolaikirche. Their new building was inaugurated in 1863; Schwencke had to wait until 1891 for a new large organ. The instrument, completed in 1891, was created by the master organ builder Ernst Röver . It was a three-manual instrument with 101 registers , built in the system of tube pneumatics , and had 5808 pipes. Schwencke expanded his father's organ concerts and thus fully established "the organ concert as a fully-fledged part of Hamburg's musical life".

Schwencke wrote mainly organ compositions, but also songs for voice and piano , including texts by Edmund Hoefer and Hermann Kletke . For a long time he was part-time music editor for the daily newspaper Hamburgischer Correspondent . In 1870 he edited the music address book about Hamburg with news about the cantors of the Johanneum Scholars' School and about the organs and organists in Hamburg. He was the editor of the later editions of his father's chorale book.

Works

  • "My love is a wild flower." Poem by E. Höfer. Composed by Fried. Gottl. Schwencke. [Sl], [approx. 1856]
  • Complete chorale book for the Hamburg hymn book, harmonized in four parts, the reprises with modified harmony: for organ, harmonium, pianoforte, solo or choral singing. Benrath & Reinhardt, Hamburg [1878].
  • Choral preludes for organ or pianoforte. New revised and enlarged edition. Peters, Leipzig [1886].
  • House chorale book for the Hamburg hymn book: from JF Schwencke's four-part chorale book for organ, harmonium, pianoforte, solo or choral singing. Self-published, Hamburg [after 1886]. ( Digitized version )
  • Choral preludes for organ or pianoforte. New revised and enlarged edition. Peters, Leipzig [after 1886].
  • 228 chorale preludes to 100 chorales from the chorale book by Schwenke father and son Peters. Leipzig.
  • Memorandum for the upcoming inauguration of the large new organ of the St. Nicholas Church in Hamburg, built by the organ builder E. Röver. Pontt & v. Döhren, Hamburg 1891. ( digitized version )
  • Complete chorale melody book for the Hamburg hymn book: including 4 compositions of "Amen". 14th, unchanged edition, Hamburg 1892. ( digitized version )
  • Complete chorale melody book for the Hamburg hymn book: together with four compositions of “Amen”. 16th, unchanged edition in small types. Hamburg 1898.

literature

  • Salomon Kümmerle: Encyclopedia of Protestant Church Music. Volume 3. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1894, p. 304
  • Barbara Wiermann:  Schwencke. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 15 (Schoof - Stranz). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1135-7 , Sp. 438–439 ( online edition , subscription required for full access).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stations of life essentially according to MGG (see lit.)
  2. ↑ Arnfried Edler : The North Elbian organist (= Kieler writings on musicology, 23). Bärenreiter, Kassel 1982, ISBN 978-3-76180636-4 , p. 121.
personal data
SURNAME Schwencke, Friedrich Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwenke, Friedrich Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1896
Place of death Hamburg