Johann Friedrich Schwencke

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Johann Friedrich Schwencke, lithograph by Otto Speckter (1852)

Johann Friedrich Schwencke (born April 30, 1792 in Hamburg ; †  September 28, 1852 there ) was a German organist and composer .

Life

Johann Friedrich Schwencke belonged to a family of church musicians who shaped the musical life of Hamburg for generations. He was a son of Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke , his younger brother Carl (1797-1870) was also active as a composer and musician.

Johann Friedrich Schwencke attended the learned school of the Johanneum in Hamburg. He received theory and composition lessons from his father and lessons in cello , clarinet , piano and organ from various colleagues and students of his father. His first compositions, Six Songs , appeared in 1820.

In 1829 he became the organist of the main church St. Nikolai in Hamburg and stayed here until the end of his life. During his tenure, the church was destroyed by the fire in Hamburg in 1842 and the start of its monumental new building, which he did not see to be completed.

He mainly composed and arranged church music. In 1832 he published the chorale book for the Hamburg hymn book, which he revised after the new edition of the hymn book in 1842. It was widespread and had 16 editions by 1898. For the Hamburg reform synagogue, the Israelite Temple , he arranged the melodies for the new Israelite hymn book in 1833 . Schwencke's Serenade in C major , which was published in various arrangements by the end of the 19th century, enjoyed particular popularity .

When he died in 1852, his son Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke (1823-1896) succeeded him in the office of organist at St. Nikolai.

Works

  • Six songs with accompaniment of the forte piano / set to music by JF Schwencke. Böhme, Hamburg [approx. 1820] ( digitized version )
  • Four-handed march for the forte piano. Cranz, Hamburg 1828.
  • Choral book for the Hamburg hymn book. Hamburg 1832. ( digitized version )
  • Melodies for the new Israelite hymn book. 1833
  • Melodies to the Hamburg hymn book. Kayser & Fränkel, Hamburg 1834.
  • Eighty chorales for the Hamburg hymn book, together with two compositions of “Amen”, set for three voices ... Fränkel, Hamburg 1836
  • Singing at the Freuden-Mahle for the [100th] foundation celebration of the Altona School on September 19, 1838. Hammerich & Lesser, Altona 1838.
  • Adagio for the violin: accompanied by the orchestra. Hamburg [1840?] ( Digitized version )
  • Church and organ compositions.
    • Part 1: 404 Choral preludes: for the organ with an obligatory pedal or for the pianoforte with 2, 3 or 4 hands. Himmelhub & Meyer, Hamburg 1841. ( digitized version )
    • Part 2: 24 epilogues in all keys and 24 transitions: for the organ with an obbligato pedal. Hamburg: Himmelhub & Meyer 1841 ( digitized version )
  • Five and seventy newly recorded chorales for the new Hamburg hymn book: for organ or fortepiano, for choral groups harmonized with four voices. Addendum to that, published in 1833. Choral beech. Himmelhub and Meyer, Hamburg 1842. ( digitized version )
  • Complete chorale and melody book together with the second part for the three-part chorales etc. [self-published], Hamburg 1843.
  • Melodies for the new Hamburg hymn book. Hamburg 1843.
  • Complete chorale book for the Hamburg hymn book: for organ or fortepiano, for choral societies etc .; four-part harmonized, with interludes throughout, with text, altered harmony, critical, historical and other comments, etc. Schwenke, Hamburg 1844. ( digitized version ) (16 editions until 1898.)
  • Complete chorale melody book for the new Hamburg hymn book: along with two compositions of “Amen”. 4th, cheaper edition in small types. Hamburg 1845.
  • Notturno for harmony and janissaries music: op. 34. Böhme, Hamburg [approx. 1850].
  • Cantata of praise and thanks: with accompaniment of the organ, a slide trumpet, 4 trombones and timpani (cello and double bass ad. Lib.); op. 40. Hamburg 1849. ( digitized version )

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stations of life essentially according to MGG (see lit.)
personal data
SURNAME Schwencke, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1852
Place of death Hamburg