Isaac Posch

Isaak Posch (different spelling Isaac Posch ; † 1623 probably in Laibach ) was an Austrian composer and organist.

Little is known about Posch's life. He was a Protestant and was close to the Protestant Carinthian estates , which at the beginning of the 17th century were under strong pressure from their Catholic sovereign Ferdinand II , who energetically pushed the Counter-Reformation in Inner Austria . Posch was employed by the estates as a landscape organist from 1614 to 1618. He played at private devotions in the palace chapels of the nobility and also at representative events and celebrations of the estates. In 1618 he married a Klagenfurt citizen's daughter and moved to Laibach, the capital of Carniola . There, too, he worked for Protestant nobles. Who employed him is unknown. He died young at the beginning of 1623.

Isaak Posch wrote not only sacred music, but also numerous secular works, especially suites . In 1618 he had a first collection of his works printed in Regensburg under the title Musikalische Ehrnfreudt and dedicated it to the Carinthian estates. In 1621 a second collection with the title Musikalische Tafelfreudt followed .

literature

• Hellmut Federhofer : Contributions to the older music history of Carinthia . In: Hellmut Federhofer: Music and History . Olms, Hildesheim et al. 1996, ISBN 3-487-10199-8 , musicological publications 5), pp. 296-335.

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Isaak Posch in the International Music Score Library Project