Johannes Ringk

Johannes Ringk (also Ringck; born June 25, 1717 in Frankenhain ; † August 24, 1778 in Berlin ) was a German composer and organist .

Life

Ringk made his organ studies with Johann Peter Kellner in Graefenroda and Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel in Gotha . From 1740 he was a music teacher in Berlin and from January 13, 1755 organist of the Marienkirche (St. Marien). a. Wilhelm Friedemann Bach applied. Contemporaries express their appreciation for his excellent organ playing and his free fugue playing .

In addition to his own organ works, concerts and possibly an opera, he wrote numerous copies by other masters (37 in total, 19 works from the BWV). These are often the only sources available to us today. These include Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata BWV 202 and the oldest copy of the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 . They are possibly copies from Kellner's collection (made around 1725). Today they are considered to be one of the most important sources of Bach's works.

Manuscripts

Beginning of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor in the copy by Johannes Ringk (after 1750)

Johann Sebastian Bach:

Cantata “ Only deviate, saddened shadows ” BWV 202
Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 532/2 (only fugue)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor (small) BWV 533
Prelude and Fugue in G major (large) BWV 541 (Prelude and Fugue written at different times)
Prelude and Fugue in A minor (small) BWV 551
Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1 BWV 846–869 (BWV 847, 848, 850, 851, 864, 865, 867, 869)
Joints BWV944-962 (BWV 950, 955)
Concerto for Clavier No. 13 (after Duke Johann Ernst ) BWV 984
Capriccio in B flat major "sopra la lontananza de il fratro dilettissimo" BWV 992/6

literature

Ingeborg Allihn, Wilhelm Poeschel (ed.): As with full choirs, 500 years of church music in Berlin's historic center. Ortus Musikverlag, Beeskow 2010, ISBN 978-3-937788-18-0 .
Robert Eitner: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the 19th century. 8th volume: Po – Scheiffler. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1903, p. 244 ( digitized version )

Web links

Works by and about Johannes Ringk in the catalog of the German National Library
Sheet music and audio files by Johannes Ringk in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

^ Rolf Dietrich Claus: On the authenticity of Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565. 2nd, reviewed and expanded edition. Dohr, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-925366-55-5 , p. 51.

personal data
SURNAME	Ringk, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ringck, Johannes; Ringk, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 25, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankenhain
DATE OF DEATH	August 24, 1778
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Rolf Dietrich Claus: On the authenticity of Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565. 2nd, reviewed and expanded edition. Dohr, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-925366-55-5 , p. 51.