Heinrich Schwemmer

Heinrich Schwemmer (born March 28, 1621 in Gumpertshausen near Hallburg (Lower Franconia), † May 26, 1696 in Nuremberg ) was a German Baroque composer.

life and work

Due to the turmoil of the Thirty Years War , Schwemmer came to Nuremberg via Weimar and Coburg in 1641. At the so-called Schwedenfest 1649 he was the bass player in Johann Erasmus Kindermann's choir. In 1650 he became an adjunct in the school near the Nuremberg Church of St. Lorenz . In 1655 he became college at St. Sebaldus in Nuremberg. From 1656 he also worked as director chori musici at the Nuremberg Frauenkirche .

Schwemmer was the teacher of piano and singing from Johann Krieger , Johann Pachelbel and others. In his time he was considered the most popular Nuremberg festival and occasional composer. Some of Schwemmer's wedding and funeral music from the years 1656 to 1684 have survived. Some of Schwemmer's church music works have only survived in handwriting.

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Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Schwemmer, Heinrich. 12th completely revised edition. 2. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1961, p. 661 (first edition: 1882).
Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Schwemmer Heinrich. 12th completely revised edition. 5. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1975, p. 623 (first edition: 1882).
Hans Michael Schletterer : Schwemmer, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 376 f.

Web links

Literature by and about Heinrich Schwemmer in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Heinrich Schwemmer at Discogs (English)
Choral Public Domain Library: Heinrich Schwemmer. Accessed July 6, 2019 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Riemann Musiklexikon, 1961. Schwemmer, Heinrich.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ADB 33 (1891). Schwemmer Heinrich.

personal data
SURNAME	Schwemmer, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer of the baroque
DATE OF BIRTH	March 28, 1621
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gumpertshausen near Hallburg (Lower Franconia)
DATE OF DEATH	May 26, 1696
Place of death	Nuremberg

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Riemann Musiklexikon, 1961. Schwemmer, Heinrich.

[:1-2] ADB 33 (1891). Schwemmer Heinrich.