Gustav Siebeck

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Gustav Heinrich Gottfried Siebeck (born July 4, 1815 in Eisleben , † May 25, 1851 in Gera ) was a German composer , organist , cantor and teacher at the Rutheneum in Gera.

life and work

Siebeck was a student of August Wilhelm Bach and Adolf Bernhard Marx in Berlin . First he worked as a seminar music teacher in Eisleben, then he worked as a princely music director in Gera. Little is known about his later life. He wrote organ works (for Körner's organ friend ) and choral pieces for different line-ups. Few musical works by Siebeck have survived. His music can be classified as romantic and classical .

His son was the philosopher Hermann Siebeck .

Works (selection)

Autograph organ trio
  • Spiritual Choirs op.3 ( The ecclesiastical singing choir in the country )
  • Male choirs op.4
  • Organ Sonata op. 15
  • Sacred songs and motets for mixed choir and organ or pianoforte ad lib. (1846)
  • 6 motets for thanksgiving
  • Trio to the chorale: Wake up, my heart

literature

  • Art. Siebeck. In: Riemann Musiklexikon . 8th edition. Max Hesse, Berlin / Leipzig 1916. (Reprint: BoD - Books on Demand, 2017, p. 1039. ( limited preview in Google book search))

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Preview of the book: Official Journal of the Royal Government of Merseburg. 1834, p. 235 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ^ Wm. A. Little: Mendelssohn and the Organ. Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-974183-0 , p. 484 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  3. ↑ Rudolph Bauer, Ernst Paul Kretschmer, Julius Saupe: III. Cantors . In: Album of the teachers and students of the Rutheneum in Gera from the years 1608 regarding 1800 to 1858 . Gera, S. 11 .
  4. ↑ Sacred songs and motets , accessed on July 12, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Siebeck, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siebeck, Gustav Heinrich Gottfried (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, organist, cantor and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisleben
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1851
Place of death Gera