Johann Philipp Sack

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Johann Philipp Sack (born November 11, 1722 in Harzgerode , † September 14, 1763 in Berlin ) was a German composer and keyboard player .

Life

The son of a bricklayer and a princely laundry maid acquired his first musical foundations in the singing choir of the Harzgeröder city school. There he prepared for the teaching profession and in this capacity went to the orphanage of the Reformed German and Walloon communities in Magdeburg in 1742 , which his namesake and Harzgeröder August Friedrich Sack had founded two years earlier. In addition to his work at the orphanage, he completed his musical training with the organist Christian David Graf . In 1747 he was appointed to the cathedral school in Berlin as a catechist and schoolmaster for boys . Soon afterwards he developed a lively musical activity. From the initially informal gatherings of some music lovers and friends, the association of the " Music Practicing Society of Berlin " emerged in 1749 with his decisive involvement . Founded as an association, the association developed into a nucleus of public concert life in Berlin and is now considered the "first Berlin lovers association with a public concert series". Important artists of the time, such as Carl Friedrich Fasch , the Graun brothers , Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg , Johann Philipp Kirnberger and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach were participants or guests of the performances of this society. In 1756 he received the post of cathedral organist. In that year he also appeared in public for the first time as a composer of songs and piano pieces. He died unmarried after a long illness on September 14, 1763 in Berlin.

Services

JP Sack made lasting contributions to the establishment of a public, civic concert life in Berlin. Under his leadership and through his activities, the “Music Practicing Society” reached the climax of its development in 1755 with the premiere of the passion music “The Death of Jesus” by Carl Heinrich Graun in the Cathedral Church in Berlin. His compositions mainly include songs with a secular character, such as enthusiastic songs, drinking and saying songs, as well as minuets and polonaises for piano as well as a small psalm adaptation.

Johan van Veen writes about his music : “It fills a gap in our understanding of music history by showing how the“ German Song ”with piano accompaniment developed in the 18th century into the form of song that later became famous through the work of Franz Schubert . "

Works

Songs

  • Think it out, the terrible thought
  • Why penetrate through the black night
  • Not desperate
  • Of sweets
  • To the nightingale
  • Of sleep
  • Picture of a noble lady in B.
  • A youth's song to love
  • Chloris
  • blonde
  • Lottie
  • The happiness of friendship
  • To the brothers and sisters
  • warning
  • Mr! Hear me from my cave

Piano works

  • Menuet en mi bémol majeur
  • Polonaise en mi bémol majeur
  • Polonaise en ré majeur
  • Menuets en la majeur
  • Polonaise en la majeur
  • Polonaise en do majeur

expenditure

  • Kai Wessel: Johann Philipp Sack (1722–1763), odes, songs and piano works for high voice and piano as well as piano solo. Complete edition of the works received. Edition Walhall, Magdeburg 2003.
  • Hans Fischer, F. Oberdörffer: Piano music around Friedrich the Great (I) (German piano music of the 17th and 18th centuries, Volume 8) Thomi-Berg music publisher

Sound carrier

  • Songs. Kai Wessel (alto), Christoph Hammer (fortepiano). Recording November 2001, Kulturhalle Dormagen. CD: Assai 222 302 (68'50 ")

literature

  • Ernst Ludwig Gerber: Historical-biographical lexicon of the Tonkünstler: which contains news of the life and works of musical writers, famous composers, singers, masters of instruments, amateurs, organ and instrument makers; compiled by Ernst Ludwig Gerber, Fürstl. Schwarzburg-Sondershausischen chamber musician and court organist in Sondershausen. First part. AT THE. , Breitkopf, Leipzig 1790.
  • Carl Freiherr von Ledebur: Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's from the oldest times to the present. , Rauh, Berlin 1861.
  • Siegfried Loewenthal: The music practicing society in Berlin and the members Joh. Philipp Sack, Ms. Wilh. Riedt and Joh. Gabr. Seyffarth. Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate, submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Basel. , 1928.
  • Ralph Meyer: History of the German Reformed Congregation in Magdeburg. Volume 1. , Julius Neumann Publishing House, Magdeburg 1914.
  • Gustav Schilling: Encyclopedia of the Collected Musical Sciences or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst. Volume 6. , Verlag Franz Heinrich Köhler, Stuttgart 1838.
  • Martin Stolzenau: Harzgeröder develops song culture. Johann Philipp Sack has a lasting effect. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung November 11, 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Siegfried Loewenthal: The Music Practicing Society of Berlin and the members Joh. Philipp Sack, Fr. Wilh. Riedt and Joh. Gabr. Seyffarth. Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate, submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Basel. , 1928
  2. ↑ Ralph Meyer: History of the German Reformed Congregation in Magdeburg. Volume 1. Verlag Julius Neumann, Magdeburg 1914.
  3. ↑ Martin Stolzenau: Harzgeröder develops song culture. Johann Philipp Sack has a lasting effect. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung November 11, 2013.
  4. ^ Siegfried Loewenthal: The Music Practicing Society of Berlin and the members Joh. Philipp Sack, Fr. Wilh. Riedt and Joh. Gabr. Seyffarth. Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate, submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Basel. , 1928
  5. ^ Siegfried Loewenthal: The Music Practicing Society of Berlin and the members Joh. Philipp Sack, Fr. Wilh. Riedt and Joh. Gabr. Seyffarth. Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate, submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Basel. , 1928
  6. ^ Johan van Veen, 2004 review of Lieder (2001). Retrieved January 3, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Sack, Johann Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and keyboard player
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Harzgerode
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1763
Place of death Berlin