Georges-Henri Wenick
Georges-Henri Wenick (* 1718 in Visé , † 1760 in Cassino , Italy ) was a composer and organist of the pre-classic from the Bishopric of Liege in today's Belgium .
Life
Georges-Henri Wenick received his training in what was then the Saint-Paul monastery in Liège from his two relatives Corneille and Nicolas-Henri de Tiège. After his training Wenick held a position as organist in Aachen . From April 1740 he was organist at the collegiate church of Saint-Denis in Liège, two years later he was ordained a priest. During this time he looked after the choirboys. In the memoirs of the most famous of these, the composer Grétry , there are harrowing details about how the sadistic Wenick tormented the little singers entrusted to him.
Due to disputes with members of the Chapter, he was ordered to Rome in 1750 . Wenick was regularly to be found there in the so-called “Fondation Darchis”, also known as the Liège College. Wenick was relieved of all monastic functions in absentia in March 1753. His property was sold a year later to service his debtors. The Liège composer Jean-Noël Hamal reported that Wenick had a position as organist in Cassino, Italy, from 1754.
Works (selection)
Two masses (1737 and 1742), an "Ecce panis angelorum" (1740) and several motets have survived . Some of the manuscripts are in the library of the Liège Conservatory. Wenick's works are shaped by Italian influences.
Individual evidence
- ^ Cf. Mémoires, ou Essais sur la musique; par le C (itoy) en Grétry (…) Volume 1, Paris Year 5 (1797), pp. 6–12 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Thierry Levaux (ed.): Dictionnaire des Compositeurs de Belgique. You Moyen Age à nos jours . Art in Belgium, Brussels 2006, ISBN 2-930338-37-7 , p. 707
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wenick, Georges-Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian (Principality of Liège) composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1718 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Visé |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1760 |
| Place of death | Cassino , Italy |