Johann Baptist Samber

Johann Baptist Samber (born May 10, 1654 in Salzburg ; † September 19, 1717 ibid) was an Austrian music theorist and organist from the Archbishopric of Salzburg .

Life

From around 1660 Johann Baptist Samber was a choir boy at the Kapellhaus and a student of Andreas Hofer and Georg Muffat . At times he studied at the University of Salzburg .
In 1693 he succeeded the parish and cathedral organist Hans Jacob Raiff (born August 2, 1624 in Salzburg; † January 14, 1693 there), whom he had represented from 1689. In addition, he taught as a respected teacher at the Kapellhaus. Samber died on September 19, 1717 in Salzburg and was buried in the Sebastian cemetery.
His writings offer information on performance practice, organ music and organ building , figured bass , counterpoint , musical rhetoric and solmization .

Works

MANUDUCTIO AD ORGANUM That is: Thorough and safe instructions Through the most necessary SOLMISATION, to the noble art of striking. Printed by Johann Baptist Mayr seel. Wittib and Erb. , Salzburg 1704. Digitized
CONTINUATIO AD MANUDUCTIONEM ORGANICAM, That is: Continuation of the manuduction or hand-guidance for organ beating. Printed by Johann Baptist Mayr seel. Wittib and Son, Salzburg 1707. Digitized
ELUCIDATIO MUSICÆ CHORALIS. That is: Thorough and true explanation / or instruction / how the noble and ancient choral music fundamentaliter according to the well-founded rules can be learned with easy effort. Printed by Johann Joseph Mayr / Hof- und Academischen Buchdruckern und Handlern, Salzburg 1710. Digitized

literature

Alexander Rausch : Samber, Johann Baptist. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .

Individual evidence

^ AES , Salzburg Cathedral Parish, STBIII death record, 1715–1748. See: [1] , image no: 03-Tod_0042, accessed on September 1, 2017.
↑ Cathedral organist sp. 1694-1717 ; Ernst Hintermaier: The organists at Salzburg Cathedral from the beginning to the present. In: Metropolitan Chapter of Salzburg (ed.): Festschrift for the consecration of the new large organ in Salzburg Cathedral in 1988. Salzburg 1988, p. 44.

personal data
SURNAME	Samber, Johann Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Salzburg organist and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 10, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH	September 19, 1717
Place of death	Salzburg

[1] AES , Salzburg Cathedral Parish, STBIII death record, 1715–1748. See: [1] , image no: 03-Tod_0042, accessed on September 1, 2017.

[2] Cathedral organist sp. 1694-1717 ; Ernst Hintermaier: The organists at Salzburg Cathedral from the beginning to the present. In: Metropolitan Chapter of Salzburg (ed.): Festschrift for the consecration of the new large organ in Salzburg Cathedral in 1988. Salzburg 1988, p. 44.