Jakob Scheiffelhut

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Jakob Scheiffelhut (born May 19, 1647 in Augsburg ; † July 2, 1709 there ) was a German musician and composer of the Baroque era .

Life

Jakob Scheiffelhut received his musical training in the Augsburg Choir St. Anna with Tobias Kriegsdorfer (1608–1686). He received lessons in " striking an instrument " from a town piper . In 1666 he got a job as a town piper, with permission to play at weddings or at festive official acts. Since 1673 he has been an instrumental teacher as well as wind instruments and strings in the St. Anna choir. In 1694 he became second choir regent under Cantor Georg Schmezer (1642-1697), whose successor he tried in vain in 1697. From 1697 until his death in 1709 he was choir regent at the Barfüßerkirche . His two marriages had seven children.

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Scheiffelhut's work encompasses sacred and secular music. The vocal music, sometimes accompanied by instruments, consists mainly of funeral and wedding music. All printed works that were widespread in Germany were published in Augsburg. He was considered an important German suite composer of the 17th century, especially through his collections of “Musical Minds Delights”, “Lovely Spring Beginning”, and “Musical Clover Leaf”. He was famous among others by the music theorists Johann Mattheson and Wolfgang Caspar Printz in his " Historical Description of the Noble Singing and Kling Art " (Dresden, 1690). Scheiffelhut was one of the pioneers of French instrumental music in Germany.

  • “Musical delights of the soul first work. So in Sonatas, Allemanden Couranten, Ballets, Sarabanden, and Giquen "for 2 violins, bass viol and Bc , (Augsburg, 1681 and 1684)
  • " Lovely beginning of spring or musical Seyten sound " (Augsburg, 1683), 6 suites
  • " Musical clover sheet, consisting of funny preludes, entréen, rondeau, bouréen, arias, march, canaries and other pieces for 2 violins and violons " (Augsburg, 1707)

literature

  • Ludwig Gerheuser: Jacob Scheiffelhut and his instrumental music. A contribution to the history of the German suite and the music history of the city of Augsburg . Himmer, Augsburg 1931 ( Hathi Trust )
  • Felix Joseph Lipowsky: Scheiffelhut, Jakob , in: Baierisches Musik-Lexikon . Munich 1811, pp. 303-304

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scheiffelhut ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the city lexicon Augsburg @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtlexikon-augsburg.de
  2. ^ Foreword to the 6 suites, published by Walhall Verlag
personal data
SURNAME Scheiffelhut, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baroque composer
DATE OF BIRTH baptized May 19, 1647
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1709
Place of death augsburg