Georg Gottfried Wagner
Georg Gottfried Wagner (born April 5, 1698 in Mühlberg / Elbe , † March 23, 1756 in Plauen ) was a German violinist, cantor and composer.
Life
Georg Gottfried Wagner was a son of the later Wurzen collegiate cantor Georg Zacharias Wagner (1671–1751). From 1712 he sang in the Thomanerchor in Leipzig and received musical lessons from Johann Kuhnau . From 1719 he studied Protestant theology and philosophy at the University of Leipzig . He also worked as a violinist and bassist, from 1723 mainly for Johann Sebastian Bach .
His application for the office of city choirmaster in Zeitz was unsuccessful in 1722. In December 1726, on Bach's recommendation, the Plauen City Council appointed him cantor at the main church of St. Johannis . Here he stayed until the end of his life.
Wagner was a prolific composer. Ernst Ludwig Gerber listed "many church pieces, oratorios, overtures, concerts and trios, including 12 violin solos". Today, almost only his eight-part motet Praise and Honor and Wisdom and Thanks is known, the first edition of which in 1819 incorrectly identified JS Bach as the composer ( Bach works directory Appendix 162).
Works
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Praise and honor and wisdom and thanks: Motet in harmony.
- Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, [1819] (BWV Anh III 162nd) Digitalisat , public library Lübeck
- Edited by Klaus Winkler (Stuttgart Bach Editions Urtext) Stuttgart: Carus 35.013
literature
- Ernst Ludwig Gerber: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of the Tonkünstler. Volume II, Leipzig 1792, Col. 755
- Hans-Joachim Schulze : Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Gottfried Wagner — new documents. In: Bach Studies 5 (1975), pp. 147–154.
- Robert L. Marshall: Wagner, Georg Gottfried (1698 - 1756), violinist, composer , in: Grove Music Online http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.29780
- Wagner, Georg Gottfried , in: Music in the past and present 2nd edition, Volume 17, Sp. 373 f.
Web links
- Sheet music in the public domain by Georg Gottfried Wagner in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
- Praise and honor and wisdom and thanks BWV Anh. 162 , Bach Digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bach's letters are printed by Reinhard Vollhardt : History of the Cantors and Organists of the Cities in the Kingdom of Saxony. Berlin: Issleib 1899, pp. 261-263
- ↑ Gerber (lit.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Georg Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violinist, cantor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1698 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mühlberg / Elbe |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1756 |
| Place of death | Plauen |