Johann Jacob de Neufville
Johann Jacob de Neufville (* 5th October July / 15th October 1684 reg. In Nuremberg ; † 4th August 1712 ibid) was a German composer and organist of the late Baroque.
Life
De Neufville was born in Nuremberg as a descendant of Reformed religious refugees. Members of the Artois County family came to the city via Frankfurt in 1612. Neufville studied in his hometown with Johann Pachelbel , after Pachelbel's death in 1706 he continued his studies in Italy, mainly in Venice. After his return from Italy he stayed in Graz and Vienna, where he worked with Johann Joseph Fux and Georg Reuter .
In 1709 he returned to Nuremberg and from April was appointed organist at St. Bartholomew's Church in the Nuremberg suburb of Wöhrd . In this position he was the successor to Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel , Johann Pachelbel's eldest son.
Works (selection)
- IV Encomia for voices, 3 instruments and B. c. (Venice 1708, lost)
- Sex Melea s. Ariae cum Variationibus ad organum pneumaticum (Venice 1708)
- "Honey Opffer dripping on devout lips ... in four Denck sayings" (Nuremberg, 1710, lost)
- Suite in G minor for harpsichord, manuscript, Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, Mus. ms. Bach P. 801, 219-226 (published by Johann Gottfried Walther ).
literature
- Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr: Historical news from the Nuremberg mathematicians and artists . Nuremberg 1730, p. 263 f . ( Full text in Google Book Search).
- Günter Thomas: Neufville, Johann Jacob de. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Jacob de Neufville in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neufville, Johann Jacob de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neufville, Jean-Jacques de; Neufville, Johann Jakob de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1684 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 4, 1712 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |