Johann Vierdanck

Johann Vierdanck (also Virdanck , Virdank , Vyrdanck , Feyertagk or Feyerdank ) (baptized on February 5, 1605 in Jessen (Elster) ; buried on April 1, 1646 in Stralsund ) was a German composer , instrumentalist (violin, zinc ) and organist .

Life

Johann (es) Vierdanck was baptized on February 5, 1605 in Jessen as the son of the organ maker and carpenter Hans Vierdanck (from Barkha in düringen ); his mother Martha was the daughter of the Wittenberg bookbinder Barnutius . From December 17, 1625 (first entry in Dresden with the full name of Hans Virdank ) to June 24, 1629 (application for resignation) he was a great capell boy or instrumentist at the Dresden court orchestra, where he was musically supervised and accommodated by his teacher Wilhelm Günther (among others an excellent violinist and cornettist). The Saxon Kapellmeister Heinrich Schütz's request to have Vierdanck trained by the Viennese Cornett virtuoso Giovanni Sansoni (1593–1648) was rejected several times by the Saxon Elector for financial reasons. Johann Vierdanck - disappointed by this decision - then sent the Saxon Elector a request for resignation on June 24, 1629.

From September 1631 (appointment) to Johannis 1632 (resignation) he was an instrumentist (strings) at the Güstrower Hofkapelle. From 1632 he took study trips to Lübeck, Hamburg and Copenhagen, acquaintance / friendship with Nicolaus Bleyer (composition lessons?), Johann Schop and Georg Friedrich Hoyoul.

Vierdanck was present in Stralsund on April 9, 1635 (registered as a godfather in a church register, but without a job title). At the wedding of Princess Sophie Elisabeth in Güstrow with  August the Younger , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (July 12, 1635) he is mentioned as a musician from Stralsund .

From 1635 to 1646 he was organist at the Marienkirche in Stralsund . There he received a salary of “225 mk (quarter liter)” and “30 mk wood money” , which roughly corresponded to that of a preacher and, for example, far exceeded a teacher's salary. Vierdanck published several music collections himself, and he is also mentioned several times in the baptismal register of the Marienkirche as a godfather and recipient of considerable godparent gifts. Both speak for a certain prosperity and recognition. He was married to Anna, geb. Lambrecht. 1642 he expresses thoughts to leave Stralsund (Application in Luebeck?): "... I also carried out Sonderen causes Bedencken me what I consecriret of the Baltic Seestrande my previous work to avert." . Vierdanck stayed in Stralsund until his death three years later and was buried with bells on April 1, 1646 in the Marienkirche Stralsund .

Works

Instrumental

• First part Newer Pavanen , Gagliarden , Balletten vnd Correnten m. 2 V. u. a violon next to the bc. (Greifswald, 1637)
• Other parts included a number of Capricci, Canzoni and Sonatas with 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th instruments without and with the basso continuo (Greifswald, 1641)

vocal

• First part of ecclesiastical concerts for 2-4 hours and B. c. (Greifswald, 1641/43)
• Other part of spiritual concerts with 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th St. next to a double B. (Rostock, 1643)

• The Lord has commanded his angels . Sacred concert for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, 2 violins, 3 trombones and B. c.
• I am happy in the gentleman. Spiritual wedding joy. From the prophet Isaiah cap. 61. Sacred concert for soprano, 2 violins, 3 trombones and B. c. (Greifswald, 1643)
• Rise up, my friend . Sacred concert for 2 sopranos, 2 violins, 3 trombones and B. c.
• My harp has become a lament . Motet for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and B. c.

Discography

• Johann Vierdanck. 20 Capricci, Canzoni & Sonatas. Parnassi musici. CPO 2007
• The Trio Sonata in 17th Century-Germany. London Baroque. [therein: Suite in A major]. UNTIL 2008
• Open the gates. Innsbrucker Capellknaben, Howard Arman. [therein: I proclaim great joy to you]. Tyrolis 1997
• The glory of the earth must be smoke and ashes. Music and poetry from the time of the 30 Years War. Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci. [therein: Capriccio No. 17, Sing to the Lord]. AM 1997
• Wedding motets. Weser Renaissance, Manfred Cordes. [in it: Capriccio, I am happy in the gentleman]. CPO 2006
• His Majestys Sagbutts Grand Tour. His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts. In it: Sonata 28, Sonata 31 ("When I felt like it"). Hyperion 1996

literature

• Beate Bugenhagen: The music history of Stralsund in the 16th and 17th centuries (publications by the Historical Commission for Pomerania / Series V: Research on Pomeranian History 49), Cologne Weimar Vienna 2015.
• Burkhardt Köhler: The Pomeranian composer Johann Vierdanck (A critical report). In: Studies on the local and territorial music history of Mecklenburg and Pomerania , Volume 1, ed. by Ekkehard Ochs, Greifswald 1995
• Burkhardt Köhler: The Stralsund composer Johann Vierdanck - origin and stay in the Saxon court orchestra . In: Burkhardt Köhler, Studies on the Dresden Court Chapel in the 17th Century , Verlag Dr. Kovač, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8300-8399-3 .
• Gerhard Weiß: Johann Vierdanck (approx. 1605–1646). His life and his work. Phil. Diss. Marburg, 1956

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Vierdanck in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Johann Vierdanck in the International Music Score Library Project