Johann Erasmus Kindermann

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Johann Erasmus Kindermann

Johann Erasmus Kindermann (born March 29, 1616 in Nuremberg ; † April 14, 1655 there ) was a Nuremberg composer .

Life

Johann Erasmus Kindermann came from a long-established family of comb makers in Nuremberg. He probably attended the parish school of St. Sebaldus . His music teacher was Johann Staden , who was then working at the Church of St. Sebald . As early as 1631, at the age of only fifteen, he was employed as a musician at the Frauenkirche . In the autumn of 1634 or in the spring of 1635 he traveled to Italy to study for about a year, for which the City Council of Nuremberg granted him financial support. There he was probably in Venice, perhaps also in Rome. It is no longer possible to determine which musicians Kindermann visited in Italy. Possibly he saw Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) and had personal contacts with Francesco Cavalli (1599 / 1602–1676), Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674) and Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643). In January 1636 he returned to his hometown on the instructions of the Nuremberg Council and was employed as the second organist at the Frauenkirche.

On April 25, 1637 he married Susanna Ditzlin (1616-1653), with whom he had twelve children. Since the most respected and therefore most sought-after organist positions in Nuremberg were occupied by St. Sebald and St. Lorenz , Kindermann tried to get a position in other cities that corresponded to his abilities. So in 1637 and 1640 he applied, albeit unsuccessfully, for a position at the Barfüßerkirche in Frankfurt am Main . On August 5, 1640 he tried to get a position as organist in Schwäbisch Hall . He was successful with this application and took up this position in September. In the same month he resigned from this position and proposed the Nuremberg organist Georg Dretzel as his representative and successor, who was then also accepted. Kindermann himself applied for the position of organist at the Egidienkirche in Nuremberg that same year , which he held until his death.

As an example of his organ works, here is the last verse, the Gloria, of a Magnificat octavi toni from Harmonia organica from 1645.

Audio file / audio sample Gloria from Magnificat in the 8th tone 1.18 MB ? / i

Creative activity

As a composer, Kindermann showed an unusual versatility. In addition to numerous chorale preludes and chorale arrangements intended for liturgical use and other independent organ compositions, he wrote many orchestral pieces and songs for music care in the Nuremberg patriciate. He was also close to the poets of the Pegnese Order of Flowers , whose works he musically framed and designed. He was friends with the Order President Sigmund von Birken . Shortly before his death, he ordered the motto for his gravestone and a song for the funeral from him. The collaboration with the Nuremberg theologian Johann Michael Dilherr , whose sermons he set to music , was also very productive .

Kindermann is one of the most outstanding talents among the Nuremberg composers of his time.

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  • Cantiones pathetika, 1639;
  • 3 motets, in: Friedens-Clag, 1640;
  • Deliciae studiosorum, 4 parts, 1640, 1642, 1643 (instrumental pieces, only partially preserved);
  • Concentus Saomonis, 1642; Dialogus, Mosis Plag, Sinner's Lament, Christ's Ablation, 1642;
  • Mus. Peace sigh, 1642;
  • Opitian Orpheus, 1642;
  • The Savior of Christ and sinful man's holy conversation, 1643;
  • 1 song, in: Intermedium Musico-Politicum, 1643;
  • Musica Catechetica, 1643;
  • Mus. Field and forest friend, 1643;
  • Mus. Herzentrost-Blümlein, 1643;
  • Spring and summer joy, 1645;
  • Harmonia organica, 5 parts, 1645;
  • Hymn of praise. About the joyful Geb. of our Lord and Heylandes Jesu Christi, 1647;
  • Christmas Song, 1647;
  • 14 songs, in: Mus. Peace Freud, 1650;
  • 22 songs, in: Divine Love Flame, 1651;
  • 64 songs, in: First part of Mr. JM Dilherrns Evangelical closing rhyme of the sermons, 1652;
  • 56 songs, in: Part Two ... of the Sermons, 1652;
  • 57 songs, in: Third part ... of the sermons, 1652;
  • Newly out of tune Violas Lust, 1652; Canzoni. Sonatae, 2 parts, 1653;
  • 3 pieces, in: Mus. Pastimes, 1655;
  • Sinfonia a cinque,
  • Number Occasional compositions.

Compilations of works

  • Selected Works, in: DTB XIII, 1913 (edited by F. Schreiber);
  • Selected Works, in: DTB XXI-XXIV, 1924 (edited by BA Wallner);
  • Wilhelm Dupont, Editions of Nuremberg Composers' Works in the Past and Ggw., 1971, 126–136.

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personal data
SURNAME Kindermann, Johann Erasmus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1616
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1655
Place of death Nuremberg