Georg Liban

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Georg Liban (real name Georg Weihrauch ; * 1464 probably in Liegnitz , Duchy of Liegnitz ; † after 1546) was a German classical philologist , composer and music theorist who taught at the University of Krakow .

Life

Liban studied at the University of Krakow in 1494/95, then presumably at the University of Cologne . In 1501 he returned to Cracow, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1502 and a master's degree in 1511 . He then gave lectures at the University of Kraków and worked from around 1506 to 1528 at the St. Mary's School. Here he was first cantor, from 1514 rector and taught Latin prosody , Greek and music. In 1535 he published the first grammar of the Greek language in Poland.

Several compositions by Liban appeared between 1522 and 1545. As a contribution to Filippo Buonaccorsi's Carmen Sapphicum in vitam sancti Stanislai episcopi cracoviensis, Polonorum gentis patroni , the four-part hymn Exsurgat omnis populus was written around 1522 . In 1535 the funeral chant In clarissimi Poloniae Praesulis Maecenatisque D. Petri Tomicii Cracoviensis olim Episcopi obitum… Saphicon. Ipso funeris die in aede Divi Stanislai decantatum , 1538 the elegy Ad generosum et Magnificum Dominum Franciscum Bonerum .

The composition Ortus de Polonia from 1501 appeared as part of his treatise on the recitation of liturgical texts De accentuum ecclesiasticorum exquisita ratione (1539), a manual for monastery schools. In the De Musicae laudibus oratio (1540), Liban published eight four-part Magnificat as musical examples -Toings and the four-part movement of Psalm 114 In exitu Israel de Aegypto .

Works

Music theory writings:

  • De accentuum ecclesiasticorum exquisita ratione. 1539.
  • De musicae laudibus oratio . 1540.

Discography

  • Jerzy Liban of Legnica. Opera Omnia. Polski Chór Kameralny - Schola Cantorum Gedanensis, Jan Łukaszewski (director). BeArTon CDB016, 2001

literature

  • Adolf Chybinski: Polish music and musical culture of the 16th century in their relations with Germany. In: Anthologies of the International Music Society , 13th year, volume 3, Apr. – Jun., Franz Steiner Verlag, 1912, pp. 463–505 ( JSTOR 929361 ).
  • Kurt Musiol: Georgius Libanus Lignicensis. For the 500th birthday of the Silesian music theorist and composer. In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , Issue 12, December 1964.
  • Jan Pyrożyński: Cracow University and its importance in Polish cultural history up to the end of the 18th century. In: Scientific meetings of the classes of the Leibniz Society in 2000 , April 13, 2000, pp. 53–64, here p. 57; leibnizsozietaet.de (PDF; 342 kB).
  • Josef Reiss: Georgius Libanus Lignicensis as a musician . In: Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft, vol. V, 1922/23, pp. 17–29 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Waldemar Voisé:  Liban (Libanus), Georg (Jerzy). In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 8 (Laaf - Meytus). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1960, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 704–705
  • Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba:  Liban, Jerzy z Legnicy, Georgius Libanus Legnicensis, Georgius Legnicensis. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 11 (Lesage - Menuhin). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1121-7 , Sp. 73-74 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Like many humanistic scholars of his time, he took the scholarly name Libanus as the Greek translation of his actual name incense ( λιβανος ).
  2. ^ Damian J. Schwider: Mikołaj Toreński: a Polish composer at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Herbert Utz, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8316-0819-5 , p. 51 (also Diss. Univ. Munich 2006; limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ↑ January Pyrożyński: The international standing of the Cracow University in the Renaissance. In: Walter Leitsch, Stanisław Trawkowski (ed.): Poland and Austria in the 16th century. Böhlau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-205-98864-7 , pp. 90–112, here: p. 95; 102 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ^ Archive for book trade and commercial graphics , Volume 78, Deutscher Buchgewerbeverein, Leipzig 1941, p. 229 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ↑ Information about the album at the label bearton.pl; accessed on February 1, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Liban, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weihrauch, Georg (real name); Libanus, Georgius; Libanus Legnicensis, Georgius (Latin); Liban, Jerzy (Polish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist, composer and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH 1464
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Liegnitz , Duchy of Liegnitz
DATE OF DEATH after 1546