Jakob Boelsche

Jakob Bölsche , also Jacob Bölsche (* before 1669; † 1684 in Braunschweig ) was a German composer and organist of the north German organ school .

Jakob Bölsche worked as an organist in Burgdorf near Hanover until 1669 and later in Braunschweig. Georg Dietrich Leyding was his student for five years from 1679. After Bölsche fell ill, he offered Leyding, who was staying in Lübeck , to take over his position as organist, which he did. Bölsche died shortly afterwards.

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An organ work signed by Bölsche with Praeambulum ex E Sig. Jacobus Bölsche Org. Ad Bürgedorff 1683 pedaliter has come down to us, which was published by Riedel. Presumably the date given in the title refers to that of the copy found in the manuscript New Haven, E. B. 1688. Bölsche probably composed the work before 1669.

Bölsche's prelude, together with a prelude by Dieterich Buxtehude, is the only verifiable organ work of the time that is in the key of E major . The piece begins with a manual passage in the ascending movement of which a Lydian fourth (a sharp) is noticeable. The 39 bars long, free opening section is followed by a similarly long, simple fugue.

Web links

• Works by and about Jakob Bölsche in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry “Georg Dietrich Leyding” in Johann Gottfried Walther's Musical Lexicon , 1723 (English translation) ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ FW Riedel: Jakob Bölsche. Preambulum. In: The Organ. Series II, No. 4, 1957
3. ^ Willi Apel: History of organ and piano music until 1700. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1967, pp. 592–593