Johann Wolfgang Franck
Johann Wolfgang Franck (baptized June 17, 1644 in Unterschwaningen , Middle Franconia, † around 1710 in London ) was a German Kapellmeister , cantor and composer.
Live and act
Johann Wolfgang Franck worked from 1673 to 1679 as court conductor in Ansbach . After he had murdered the court musician Ulbrecht out of jealousy on January 17, 1679, he fled to Hamburg . Here he initially composed several “Spiritual Singing Games” for the opera on the Gänsemarkt . From 1682 to 1685 he held the position of cathedral choirmaster. From 1690 he lived in London. Together with Robert King he first appeared there as a concert organizer (1690 to 1693) and then only worked as a composer. Franck is best known today as the composer of the first German opera that has been completely preserved: "The three daughters of Cecrops" (1679).
In addition to some operas , he created songs (especially for the concerts in London), cantatas and numerous hymn book melodies.
Works (selection)
- The Wol and constant-loving Michal or The winning and fleeing David in a singing game. Hamburg 1679.
- The Macchabean mother with her seven sons in a singing game. Hamburg 1679.
- Aeneas, Opera, 1680
- Vespasian , Opera, 1681
- Diocletian , Opera, 1682
- Sacred songs ... wrote M. Hinrich Elmenhorst ... with JW Francken graceful melodies. Hamburg 1681. (Revised by the Merseburg cathedral organist David Hermann Engel udT For domestic edification. Sacred melodies by Johann Wolfgang Franck ..., with new texts by Wilhelm Osterwald . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig)
- Charitine or Divine Beloved. Hamburg 1681. (Opera)
- M. Hinrich Elmenhorste's further-sung events in Christianity. Johann Wolffg set the melodies. Franck. Hamburg 1682. (Franck, Johann Wolfgang, Hinrich Elmenhorst : Geistliche Lieder , edited by Johann Christopher Jauch , Lüneburg 1700, Reprint Hildesheim 2000, ISBN 3-487-11039-3 . (= Monuments of German Tonkunst 1st episode, Volume 45, Wiesbaden 1961.))
- Spiritual hymn book. Hamburg 1685.
- The happy Grand Vezier Cara Mustapha, first part, next to the gruesome siege and storming of the imperial resident city of Vienna (2 parts, Hamburg , Theater am Gänsemarkt )
- Musical devotions for voice and basso continuo (Hamburg, 1687) OCLC 1073174541
literature
- Moritz Fürstenau: Franck, Johann Wolfgang . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 212 f.
- Richard Klages: Johann Wolfgang Franck: Investigations into his life story and into his spiritual compositions. Hamburg, Phil. Diss., 1937.
- Günther Schmidt: Franck, Johann Wolfgang. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 317 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Wolfgang Franck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Wolfgang Franck in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Johann Wolfgang Franck in the International Music Score Library Project
- Stage works
Individual evidence
- ↑ Music in the past and present, Vol. IV, p. 658
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franck, Johann Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Kapellmeister, Cantor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 17, 1644 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unterschwaningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1710 |
| Place of death | London |