Gustav Fock

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Gustav Fock (born November 18, 1893 in Neuenfelde , † March 12, 1974 in Hamburg-Blankenese ) was a German music historian , editor of early music and organologist (musical instrument expert). He is considered the most important Schnitger researcher of his time.

life and work

Fock was born in 1893 as a captain's son from a family of seafarers. His father was called Claus Hinrich Fock and died in 1913. His mother was Greta, nee. Fortriede, used Jib, used Tiedemann († 1969). Claus Hinrich Fock was the owner and skipper (captain) of the two-masted ships “Cadet” and later “Greta” , known as Besan ewer .

The close proximity to the place of work of Arp Schnitger - who was also born in Neuenfelde - and the encounter with Schnitger's organ there aroused his lifelong fascination for this organ builder. He attended the Academy for Church and School Music in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1919/20 , and then studied musicology with Max Seiffert at the University of Berlin and with Fritz Stein in Kiel, where he received his doctorate in 1931 on “Hamburg's part in organ building in the Low German cultural area” . Then he was until his retirement (1958) teacher of music at Hamburg schools. He lived in Hamburg-Blankenese until his death in 1974.

In terms of music, Fock was particularly influenced by his teacher Max Seiffert. The organ movement also exerted its influence on Fock. He wrote numerous music-historical treatises, in particular on the north German and Dutch organ culture. From 1942 to 1949 he examined the music history of St. Michaelis Lüneburg , but was unable to complete this work. Fock organized organ tours to make the historical organs accessible to a wide audience. He was particularly interested in the Schnitger organ in Hamburg, St. Jacobi .

In 1955 and 1960 Fock discovered two manuscripts of the "Zellerfeld Tablature", one of the most important sources for the organ works of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and his school. Of particular importance are the chorale adaptations and Magnificat settings by Heinrich Scheidemann , which were partly unknown up to that time and which he also published. His life's work is a monograph on “Arp Schnitger and his school”, which only appeared posthumously in the year of his death. Publication of the manuscript, which was completed in 1940, was delayed during World War II and was lost due to a bombing. Fortunately, Fock's meticulously compiled collection of material was preserved. Fock's treatise is the fundamental work on Arp Schnitger, his predecessors and successors, and Schnitger's all organ buildings.

In addition to his journalistic activities, Fock was an executive musician and, as a conductor, was responsible for some first performances, especially of Telemann cantatas, which he has also published.

The comprehensive musical estate archive of Focks integrates Max Seiffert's scientific estate. Most of it has been in the Hamburg State and University Library since 1987 . The rest was in Osterholz-Scharmbeck under the care of Harald Vogel and should be systematically processed and digitized with the help of the Bremen University of the Arts . The holdings were handed over to the Arp Schnitger Society in Golzwarden in 2011, which handed them over to the State Archives in Oldenburg.

Publications

  • Gustav Fock, Hans-Cord Sarnighausen: On music and glass painting in St. Michaelis Lüneburg . Verlag Husum, Husum 2004, ISBN 3-89876-190-8 (posthumous).
  • Gustav Fock: Hamburg's Role in Northern European Organ Building . Westfield Center, Easthampton MA 1995, ISBN 0-9616755-3-5 .
  • Gustav Fock: Arp Schnitger and his school. A contribution to the history of organ building in the North and Baltic Sea coast areas . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1974, ISBN 3-7618-0261-7 .
  • Gustav Fock: The historical organ building in the coastal area between Hamburg and Groningen (16th-18th century) . In: Acta Organologica . No. 1 , 1967, p. 11-21 .
  • Gustav Fock: On the biography of the Bach student Johann Christian Kittel . In: Bach yearbook . tape 49 , 1962, ISSN  0084-7682 , pp. 97-104 .
  • Gustav Fock: On the history of the Schnitger organ in St. Jakobi in Hamburg . In: The Arp-Schnitger organ of the main church St. Jacobi, Hamburg . Church council of the main church St. Jacobi zu Hamburg, Hamburg 1961.
  • Gustav Fock (Ed.): 900 years of Neuenfelde. Committee for the design of the 900th anniversary of Hamburg-Neuenfelde . 2nd Edition. Lühmann, Hamburg-Neuenfelde 1959.
  • Gustav Fock: Brahms and music research . In: Heinrich Husmann (ed.): Contributions to Hamburg's music history . tape 1 . Musicological Institute, Hamburg 1959, p. 46–69 (International Musicological Congress 1956).
  • Gustav Fock: The main epochs of north German organ building up to Schnitger . In: Walter Supper (Ed.): Organ movement and historicism . Berlin 1958, p. 36-48 .
  • Gustav Fock: Dietrich Becker; Erasmus Bielfeldt; Erasmus Flor; Kaspar Förster Sr. Matthias Mercker; Peter Morhard; Johann Michael Röder; Heinrich Scheidemann; Hans Scherer the Elder J .; Arp Schnitger; Johann Steffens; Fried (e) rich Stellwagen; Zellerfeld organ tablatures . In: Music in the past and present . 1st edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel (1951–1973).
  • Gustav Fock: The young Bach in Lüneburg. 1700 to 1702 . Merseburger, Hamburg 1950.
  • Gustav Fock: The truth about Bach's stay in Lüneburg . Hamburg, Hansischer Gildenverlag 1950.
  • Gustav Fock: Hamburg's share in organ building in the Low German cultural area . In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History . No. 38 , 1939, pp. 289–373 ( uni-hamburg.de - see the English, revised version, Hamburg's Role , 1995).
as editor
  • Johann Stephani: Student garden. New German secular madrigalia and ballets . Möseler Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1958.
  • Heinrich Scheidemann: Organ Works. 1. Choral arrangements . 7th edition. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2006.
  • Heinrich Scheidemann: Organ Works. 2. Magnificat edits . 3. Edition. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2006.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Mourning Cantata. "But you, Daniel, go over there" for soprano, bass, four-part mixed choir, flute, oboe, violin, two violas da gamba and basso continuo . 8th edition. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2008.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "Glory to God on high". In festo nativitatis; Christmas cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, four-part mixed choir, three trumpets, timpani, strings and basso continuo . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1969.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "Ew'ge spring, mild river". Cantata on Sunday Cantata; for medium voice, flute (violin) and basso continuo . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1971.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "God wants to become human and mortal". Cantata for the feast of the Annunciation ... for high voice, violin and basso continuo . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1971.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: The harmonious divine service. 72 solo cantatas for 1 voice, 1 instrument and basso continuo, Hamburg 1725/26 . 2nd Edition. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2007.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "You peoples, hear". Cantata on the feast of the three kings; for medium voice, flute and basso continuo . 9th edition. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2005.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "Rejoice, you Christians, be happy". Cantata on the third day of Easter for high voice, violin and basso continuo . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1971.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "Call it out all over the world". Christmas cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, four-part mixed choir, three trumpets, timpani, strings and basso continuo . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1970.

literature

  • Cornelius H. Edskes : The Schnitger researcher Gustav Fock 1893-1974 . In: Ostfriesland. Magazine for culture, economy and transport . No. 2 , 1978, ISSN  0030-6479 , p. 42-46 .
  • Gustav Fock: Fock, Gustav . In: Music in the past and present . 1st edition. tape 16 . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1979, p. 315-316 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the music and glass painting in St. Michaelis Lüneburg , 2004.
  2. ↑ Organ tour in spring . In: Hamburger Abendblatt of May 21, 1962, p. 13; accessed July 3, 2020 (PDF).
  3. ↑ On the history of the Schnitger organ in St. Jakobi in Hamburg , 1961.
  4. ^ Werner Breig : The Organ Works by Heinrich Scheidemann . Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 1963, p. 6 ( online ).
  5. ^ Fock: Zellerfeld organ tablatures . In: MGG 14. pp. 1207-1208.
  6. ^ Konrad Küster: Music on the dike. 500 years of organ culture in the marshes (PDF; 368 kB) p. 23; accessed on July 3, 2020.
  7. ↑ A center for the queen of instruments . Press release of the HfK Bremen; accessed on July 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Göteborg Organ Art Center: Arp Schnitger Organ Database ; accessed on July 3, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Fock, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist and organologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg-Neuenfelde
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1974
Place of death Hamburg-Blankenese