Georg Heinrich Bümler
Georg Heinrich Bümler (born October 10, 1669 in Berneck , Upper Franconia , † August 26, 1745 in Ansbach ) was a German opera singer (Kontraalt) and conductor of the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach .
Life
Bümler probably became a chamber discantist in the Brandenburg court orchestra in Bayreuth in 1683. There the conductor Ruggiero Fedeli taught him singing and piano. As a teenager he worked as a chamber musician in Wolfenbüttel. His professional path took him briefly to Hamburg, Berlin and then back to Bayreuth. Finally in 1698 he became contralto and chamber musician at the Brandenburg court in Ansbach and was appointed conductor there in 1717.
When Lorenz Christoph Mizler founded his Corresponding Society of Musical Sciences , he chose his old Ansbach companion Bümler as one of the three founding members alongside Giacomo de Lucchesini .
In 1723 Bümler met Sigmund Ferdinand Weißmüller in Ansbach . Both were very interested in Pythagorean questions. Immediately beforehand, Bümler had undertaken a nine-month study trip to Italy . Mizler reports that Bümler studied the "Welsche method", which presumably refers to the Welsche practice described in the Universal Lexicon , which is based on the theory of proportions and rations .
Works
Cantatas
- Lauda Jerusalem and Miserere for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, instruments and basso continuo
- Create in me, God for four voices, solos, instruments and basso continuo
- L'anima che contempla Christo , Dove, dove mia corri , E che ti fece , Mie luci e che mirate and Oh dio di qual contento for alto and basso continuo
- La Rosa u. Venga chi veder vuol for soprano and basso continuo
- Ecce homo for soprano, two oboes and basso continuo.
Music theoretical works
- Latest temperature [floating in the same direction] in: Johann Mattheson, Critica Musica I, Hamburg 1722, 5
- Archimedes' opinion on the question: why two fifths and octaves, which ... follow one another, not pleasant to hear, in: Musikalische Bibliothek , II.4, Leipzig 1743, pp. 89-94.
literature
- George J. Buelow: Bümler [Bümmler, Bümmeler, Bühmler, Bimler, Bimbler], Georg Heinrich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Heinrich Bümler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Georg Heinrich Bümler in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Georg Heinrich Bümler in the International Music Score Library Project
- Georg Heinrich Bümler at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ For more biographical information on Bümler see Musikalische Bibliothek , IV.1 [1754], pp. 135–140.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bümler, Georg Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bümmler, Georg Heinrich; Bümmeler, Georg Heinrich; Bühmler, Georg Heinrich; Bimler, Georg Heinrich; Bimbler, Georg Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (Kontraalt) and Kapellmeister of the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1669 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berneck , Upper Franconia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1745 |
| Place of death | Ansbach |