Jacob Weckmann

Jacob Weckmann (* around 1650, presumably in Dresden ; † October 19, 1680 in Leipzig ) was a German organist and composer .

Life

Jacob Weckmann was born as the son of the musician Matthias Weckmann . From July 1672 until his death in 1680 he worked as Thomas organist at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.

Works

Only a few works by Jacob Weckman have survived in handwriting, the attribution of which is probable but not certain. Editions of these works are not yet available.

Spiritual concerts

A day in your courts ( Psalm 84 , verses 11-13)
Lord, why do you step from afar ( Psalm 10 , verses 1–3, 4 changed, 7, 12–15, 17–18)

Formerly attributed works

When the Lord will redeem the captives of Zion (Psalm 126) . This sacred concert is now considered the work of Matthias Weckmann.

Discography

A day in your courtyards , in: Civitas Lipsiarum. Music from old Leipzig , Ensemble "Alte Musik Dresden", led by Norbert Schuster. (Raumklang, 2002 = Saxon musical landscapes in the 16th and 17th centuries 5).

literature

Arnold Schering : Leipzig's music history in three volumes. Second volume: from 1650 to 1723 . Kistner & Siegel, Leipzig 1926.
Friedhelm Krummacher : On the sources of Matthias Weckmann's spiritual vocal works , in: Friedrich Bartsch and Werner Rautenberg (ed.): Church of God in this world. Festgabe for Friedrich-Wilhelm Krummacher on his sixtieth birthday . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1961, pp. 188–218.
Thomas Röder (with additions by Ibo Ortgies): Weckmann, Matthias. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 577-579. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Martin Petzoldt : Die Thomasorganisten zu Leipzig , in: Christian Wolff (Hrsg.): Die Orgeln der Thomaskirche zu Leipzig , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2012, pp. 95-137 (pp. 103 f.), ISBN 3-374-02300- 2 .
Ibo Ortgies : Most valuable from the 17th century. Matthias Weckman was born 400 years ago . In: Music & Church . 86, No. 6, 2016, pp. 392-394.

Web links

Works by and about Jacob Weckmann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Jacob Weckmann can hardly have been born before 1648: The first marriage of his parents was concluded in Lübeck in 1648, and there are no reasons to assume an illegitimate birth long before this marriage. Jacob Weckmann's acceptance of the position as Thomas organist in July 1672 again requires a certain minimum age, and he will hardly have been born after around 1652. See Ortgies 2016, p. 393.
↑ Music in the past and present, Volume 14, p. 354
↑ Schering 1926, p. 246.
↑ Krummacher 1961, especially pp. 194–196 and 205.
↑ Krummacher 1961, pp. 189-196 and 204-205.

personal data
SURNAME	Weckmann, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Weckmann, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1650
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	October 19, 1680
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Jacob Weckmann can hardly have been born before 1648: The first marriage of his parents was concluded in Lübeck in 1648, and there are no reasons to assume an illegitimate birth long before this marriage. Jacob Weckmann's acceptance of the position as Thomas organist in July 1672 again requires a certain minimum age, and he will hardly have been born after around 1652. See Ortgies 2016, p. 393.

[2] Music in the past and present, Volume 14, p. 354

[3] Schering 1926, p. 246.

[4] Krummacher 1961, especially pp. 194–196 and 205.

[5] Krummacher 1961, pp. 189-196 and 204-205.