Johann Wilhelm Furchheim
Johann Wilhelm Furchheim (Forchheim) (* around 1635; † November 22, 1682 in Dresden ) was a German violinist, organist and composer .
Life
Johann Wilhelm Furchheim received his training as an instrumental boy at the Dresden court orchestra, which at that time was under the direction of Heinrich Schütz . In 1651 he was referred to as an instrumental boy, in 1655 he got a job with an annual salary of 150 guilders. Under Johann Georg II. Furchheim became chief instrumentist and organist. From 1676 under Johann Georg III. he was entrusted with the direction of church and table music. In 1680 he was appointed concert master and from 1681 on, with an annual salary of 450 guilders, he was appointed vice conductor.
Furchheim was one of the most important composers of his time who created works for violin, comparable to the works of Johann Jakob Walther or Johann Paul von Westhoff . He wrote several collections for strings and five three- to seven-part violin sonatas. Including the sonata collection Musicalische Tafel-Dienst (1674) published in Dresden in 1674. In 1687 his missing collection of violin exercises, consisting of various sonatas, was published, including various sonatas, along with their arias, ballets, allemands, courants, sarabands and giques . In addition, several sonatas have been preserved as manuscripts. Inventories of the court chapel from around 1700 show that Furchheim also left numerous works as a church composer, but only a few works have survived.
Sources and literature
- Moriz Fürstenau: Forchheim, Johann Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 154 f.
- Manfred Fechner: Furchheim, Johann Wilhelm , in: The music in past and present , 2nd edition, personal part, vol. 7, 2002, col. 274–275.
- Johann Gottfried Walther : Musical Lexicon […]. Wolffgang Deer, Leipzig 1732, p.268 online
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Johann Wilhelm Furchheim in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
2. Musical board service at Cornetto-Verlag Stuttgart as a practical edition and facsimile
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Furchheim, Johann Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forchheim, Johann Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1635 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1682 |
| Place of death | Dresden |