Heinrich Faber (pedagogue)

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Heinrich Faber (also Fabri ; * around 1490 in Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia) ; † February 26, 1552 in Oelsnitz (Vogtland) ) was a German teacher and music theorist.

Life

Faber was first mentioned as an alto in Copenhagen in 1515 , where he stayed until 1523. In 1538 he became a teacher at the St. Georg School in Naumburg . There he was in contact with Nikolaus Medler , who like him was a representative of the school reform initiated by Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon . In May 1542 Faber enrolled at the University of Wittenberg and in February 1545 acquired the degree of master's degree .

He returned to Naumburg, but had to leave there due to a dispute with Bishop Julius von Pflug , who closed the school. Together with Medler, he went to Braunschweig in 1548 , where he wrote musical textbooks intended for the gymnasium in Hof (Saale) . Faber returned to Naumburg in 1549 and took over the rectorate of the St. Wenzel city school , gave lectures on music at the University of Wittenberg in 1551 and then worked as rector in Oelsnitz.

Faber, who together with Medler drafted ideal school rules for eight classes, also made a name for himself as a music theorist. In a concise catechism-like form, his Compendium musicae remained the widespread elementary music textbook in Germany until the 17th century. The work is actually just an excerpt from the introductio from 1550, in which he used examples from himself and from Ludwig Senfl , Heinrich Isaac , Josquin Desprez and Pierre Moulu . In his works he attached great importance to a broad exposition of music theory, underlining his theory of proportions with many examples.

From his humanistic view of music, he interpreted the character of Ars musica as a mathematical art theory, which is not only understood as part of the Quadrivium , but aims at the actual work. In this way he coined a new style pattern at the beginning of the 16th century. Four-part motets and a number of liturgical pieces by him are known.

Fonts

  • Ad musicam practicam introductio. Nuremberg 1550, Mühlhausen 1571.
  • Musica Poetica. Court 1548.
  • Compendium musicae. Leipzig 1552, 1605; Nuremberg 1572, 1586, 1618; Marburg 1583; Augsburg 1591, 1681 (bilingual); Jena 1610; Erfurt 1665; later also under the title Brevissima rudimenta.

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SURNAME Faber, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fabri, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia)
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1552
Place of death Oelsnitz (Vogtland)