Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow or Zachau (baptized on November 14, 1663 in Leipzig , † August 7, 1712 in Halle ) was a German composer of the Baroque .
His students included Georg Friedrich Handel , Gottfried Kirchhoff , Johann Krieger and Johann Gotthilf Ziegler .
origin
Zachow was the first son of the Leipzig violinist Heinrich Zachow, who originally came from Cölln on the Spree and was town piper in Eilenburg from 1676 , and his second wife Elisabeth, née. Maune, a daughter of the Halle town piper Gottfried Maune. He was baptized in the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig .
education
According to Johann Gottfried Walther's Musicalisches Lexikon, Zachow learned "in addition to waiting for school, both the organist and Stadt-Pfeiffer art ex fundamento" and attended one of the two Latin schools in Leipzig , probably the St. Thomas School . After his father was appointed Eilenburg town piper, Zachow received organ lessons from the Eilenburg organist Johann Hildebrandt and received musical suggestions from the Eilenburg cantors Johann Schelle (from 1677 Thomaskantor in Leipzig) and Basilius Petritz (from 1694 to 1713 cantor of the Dresden Kreuzkirche ).
Career history
In 1675 Heinrich Zachow took a job as a town piper in Eilenburg an der Mulde, where he trained several apprentices in the art of music for five years, as was customary in the guild at that time. With him and his son Friedrich Wilhelm learned different Stadtpfeifer instruments (such as trumpet, zinc , Diskantquerpfeife, Dulcian , quart trombone and bassoon ).
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow was elected organist of the Marienkirche in Halle on August 11, 1684 as the successor to the late Samuel Ebart . In addition to organ service, this most important musical office in Halle also included conducting church music with the Halle town choir and town musicians and the management of the town chorus musicus .
Zachow instructed his students, such as Georg Friedrich Handel , both in composition and on the “clavier” (meaning keyboard instruments ).
Private
Zachow had been married to Maria Dorothea Anschütz, a daughter of the Eilenburg city judge and mayor Georg Anschütz, since October 24, 1693, with whom he had three sons and two daughters.
To write the name
The spelling of the name Zachow is documented several times by the handwritten signatures of Zachow and his father. In contrast, the spelling Zachau can be found almost exclusively in music literature, archives and church records . Back then, however, the spelling of names was not as fixed as it is today.
Works (selection)
- Chorus seine coelitum , cantata (1698)
- Confitebor tibi Domine , Cantata (1701)
- Thanks to the father , cantata (1702)
- "Missa super Chorale Christ was in death bands ", mass (1701)
- Works for keyboard instruments:
- Toccata in C major
- Prelude in C major
- Prelude in F major
- Fugue in C major
- Two fugues in G major
- Fantasia in D major
- Capriccio in D minor
- Suite in B minor
- Several organ chorals
- Trio in F major for flauto traverso , bassoon and basso continuo
literature
- Max Seiffert : Zachau . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 657 f.
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : The art and town piper family Zachow in Eilenburg. In: Eilenburger Jahrbuch 2000, p. 28 f.
- Erik Dremel: Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 38, Bautz, Nordhausen 2017, ISBN 978-3-95948-259-2 , Sp. 1539-1542.
CD recordings
- Christmas cantatas. My soul: lift up the Lord; Lord if I only have you Praise the lords with me; Praise the Lord, my soul, Constanze Backes , Capella Frisiae & Accademia Amsterdam , to you. Ludger Rémy . Quintone.nl 2010
- Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow: Cantatas "I am the resurrection and life", "With God is my salvation" on the CD "Triumph, you Christians are delighted" by Cantus Thuringia and Capella , conductor: Bernhard Klapprott , label: cpo, audio CD 2011
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Gottfried Walther : Musicalisches Lexicon or Musicalische Bibliothec. Wolffgang Deer, Leipzig 1732, pp. 654–655 ( online at Wikimedia Commons, PDF, 84 MB).
- ↑ buergerstiftung-halle.de accessed on June 16, 2011
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zachow, Friedrich Wilhelm |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zachau, Friedrich Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer of the baroque |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized November 14, 1663 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1712 |
Place of death | Halle (Saale) |