Friedrich Weissensee

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Friedrich Weißensee (* around 1560 in Schwerstedt , Thuringia ; † 1622 in Altenweddingen near Magdeburg ) was a German composer and Protestant pastor at the time of the late Renaissance.

Life

From 1590 Friedrich Weißensee was rector of a Latin school in Gebesee near Erfurt. In 1596 he succeeded the retired Leonhart Schröter as cantor at the old town school in Magdeburg . Daniel Friderici was one of the students of Weißensee . In 1602 Weißensee became pastor in Altenweddingen. In addition to his contemporaries Christoph Demantius , Michael Praetorius and Melchior Vulpius , Weißensee was one of the leading composers of Protestant church music of his time.

His most important publication is the "Opus melicum" printed in 1602 , consisting of 72 German and Latin motets with four to twelve voices . These works identify him as one of the best German representatives of the Venetian choir style , which Adrian Willaert and Andrea Gabrieli cultivated. The previously published collections of 1595 and 1599 are also important contributions to early German motet literature. These are two eight-part motets (1603 and 1612), in the collection "Florilegium Portense" of Erhard Bodenschatz are included, they are among the most impressive works in this volume.

Works (selection)

  • Evangelical sayings out of the gospels of the foremost and solemn festival days ... drawn ... with 5th votes single-sided ... figured ... The first part (Erfurt, 1595)
  • Wedding song from the proverbs Salomonis (Magdeburg, 1599)
  • Marriage honor Dantz, composed with voices for the aristocratic Beylager of… Wolfgang Spitznasen zu Magdeburgh Canon (Magdeburg, 1600)
  • Opus Melicum, methodicum et planè novum… (Magdeburg, 1602) Collection of 72 motets through the church year, with a 10st. "Nunc facta est salus" by Luca Marenzio
  • Spiritual bride and wedding vocals, with 6 stim. comp, in honor of ... Georg Schnitzen (Magdeburg, 1611)
  • Memoria gemina: I. metrica, quam carmine Phalecio: II. Melica ... (Magdeburg, 1616)

literature

  • Robert Eitner: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the 19th century. 10th volume. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1904, pp. 219–220, Eitner digital (PDF; 6.3 MB) University of Zurich.
  • Bernhard Engelke: Friedrich Weissensee and his Opus melicum. Habil., Univ. Kiel, 1927, OCLC 247144189 .
  • François-Joseph Fétis: Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. 2nd Edition. 8th volume. Firmin Didot Frères, Paris 1865, p. 441 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Dieter Härtwig:  Weissensee, Friedrich. In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 14 (Vollerthun - Zyganow). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1968, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 446-447. Slightly abridged also in: Dieter Härtwig:  Weißensee, Friedrich. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 17 (Vina - Zykan). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7618-1137-5 , Sp. 733-734 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Dieter Härtwig:  Weissensee, Friedrich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  • Eduard Jacobs:  Weissensee, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 26 f.
  • Hermann Mendel, August Reissmann: Musical Conversations Lexicon. Volume 11: Velasco – Zymbelstern. Oppenheim, Berlin 1879, p. 317 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Monika Olschewski: The "Opus melicum" by Friedrich Weissensee. Investigations into the collection and style as well as the edition of selected motets. Halle-Wittenberg, Univ., Master's thesis, 2004, DNB 985058773 .

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personal data
SURNAME Weissensee, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weissensee, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and Protestant pastor at the time of the late Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH around 1560
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerstedt , Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH 1622
Place of death Altenweddingen near Magdeburg