Johannes Herold (composer)
Johannes Herold (also Johannes Heroldt ; * around 1550 in Jena ; † on September 8, 1603 in Weimar ) was a German cantor and composer of the Renaissance period .
Life
By 1593 at the latest, Herold became cantor of the Protestant collegiate school in Klagenfurt . In 1594 his six-part, German-language St. Matthew Passion was printed in motet form in Graz ; it is considered to be the main work of Protestant music in Inner Austria in the 16th century. In 1595 he became head of the choir at the parish church of St. Egid after he had already instructed the figural singing . In the same year he married Maria Khaiser from Klagenfurt.
In 1601 he had to give up his position in Klagenfurt because of the Counter Reformation , for which he was compensated with an annual salary. He was first royal court conductor in Altenburg, Thuringia, and moved to Weimar with the court in 1602. He died there on September 8, 1603.
Works
- Historia of the suffering and death of our Lord and Savior (St. Matthew Passion) ; published by Hans Joachim Moser , Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1955.
No other works by Herold have survived. Two collections of polyphonic German songs mentioned by Georg Draudius have so far not been found in the library and are probably lost.
Recordings
- Michael Paumgarten, Ensemble Triagonale: Johannes Heroldt: Matthäuspassion. Teodoro Clinio: Passio secundum Joannem. CPO 5550252.
- Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius: Passions. From Burck, Herold, Demantius. Erato 2292-45463-2.
literature
- Robert Eitner: Heroldt, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 202 f.
- Uwe Harten : Herold (Heroldt), Johannes. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
- Christian Mattitsch: The cantor Johannes Herold and the St. Matthew Passion (1594): In: Yearbook for the history of Protestantism in Austria 112 (1996), pp. 45-48.
Web links
- Werner Horn : Johannes Herold. Evangelisches Museum Österreich, accessed on May 29, 2016 .
Individual evidence
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↑ Complete original title:
HISTORIA,
Deß Leidens vnnd Sterbens vn =
sers HERRN vnd Haylandts Jesu Christi / outside the
H. Euangelist Mattheo / composed with six voices
/ and made in print /
by
Ioannem Heroldt Ienensem, one he: Landt: deß Ertzher =
tzogthumbs Khærndten ordered Musicum.
Printed by Grætz in Steyr / by Georg
Widmanstetter.
MD XCIIII.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herold, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heroldt, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1550 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1603 |
| Place of death | Weimar |