Joseph Meck

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Joseph Meck , also Giuseppe Meck (* around 1690 in Knöringen in Bavaria ; † December 2, 1758 in Eichstätt ) was a German conductor , composer and violin virtuoso of the Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt .

biography

Joseph Meck's parents were the weaver Maximilian Meck and his wife Apollonia, who lived in Knöringen. Most likely, Joseph Meck received his school education at a Jesuit grammar school in southern Germany, whereby it makes sense to think in particular of educational institutions at the University of Dillingen. He presumably stayed in Italy to study music, just as he made it possible for his son Johann Philipp Nerius to study music in Italy in 1747.

The earliest verifiable time of his composing activity is February 1714, when he composed four-part choral movements for the school comedia pileus of the Ingolstadt Jesuit college and is known as the Musicus Camerae of the Eichstatt bishop. In fact, the 24-year-old was probably already performing the duties of Kapellmeister. The job holder at the Eichstätter Hof was Caspar Prenz (around 1634-1717), who, however, had received support from his vice bandmaster Anton Deichel since 1705 due to old age. When Deichel died in 1712, the management of the court music passed to Meck. From 1712 until his death in 1758 he was valet and bandmaster of four prince-bishops .

Since November 15, 1715, Joseph Meck was married to Margarita Ris. The couple had a total of twelve children, of whom Johann Philipp Nerius found employment as a violinist and Maria Anna Clara as a singer at the Eichstätter Hofkapelle.

Eichstatt Cathedral

The tasks of the Eichstätter court orchestra consisted of three concerts a week, as well as light music for tables and court balls. While the prince-bishop led the service in Eichstätter Dom, the court orchestra was responsible for the musical design. The band consisted of four to six band boys (soprano, alto), three vocal soloists and up to eleven instrumentalists (violin, viola, cello, double bass, violone, harpsichord, bassoon). Four trumpeters and a timpanist appeared on festive occasions.

Most of Meck's compositions, Liturgica and 17 solo concerts have been preserved. After Meck's death, his works were soon forgotten. Two concert transcriptions for organ by Johann Gottfried Walther († 1748) ensured that the composer Joseph Meck became known again in the 20th century.

Works

Instrumental music

  • XII Concerti a Cinque Stromenti, Tre Violini, Alto Viola, Violoncello e Basso per il Cembalo da Gioseppe Meck, Opera Prima Libro Primo, a Amsterdam Chez Jeanne Roger, No. 486 [1720/21]. Edition: Jos. Meck, 6 Concerti Op. I / 1-6 ( Kl.Beckmann , M. Sobel), Arbroath (GB): Prima la Musica 2012 (Concerto F, c, E, C, B, A).
  • XII Concerti a Cinque e Sei Stromenti, Tre o Quattro Violini, Alto Viola, Violoncello e Basso per il Cembalo da Gioseppe Meck, Opera Prima Libro Seconda, a Amsterdam Chez Jeanne Roger, No. 487 [1720/21]. Edition: Jos. Meck, 5 Concerti Op. I / 7-11 (Kl.Beckmann, Br. Clark), Arbroath (GB): Prima la Musica 2012 (Concerto F, g, G, D, d).
  • Joseph Meck, 6 concerti of handwritten tradition. (Kl.Beckmann, Br. Clark), Arbroath (GB): Prima la Musica 2012 (5 concertos for violin, strings, continuo G, G, A, A, B - concerto for oboe, strings, continuo F).

Vocal music

  • 44 hymn movements for four vocal parts and figured bass ( Canto, Alto, Tenore, Basso con organo ).
  • Miserere a Canto I, Canto II, Alto, Tenore, Basso; Violino I, Violino II con Organo.
  • Offertory a 4 Vocibus concertantibus; Violino I, Violino II con Organo. 1742.
  • Father mi. Canto, Alto, Tenore, Basso; Violino I, Violino II, Violonc., Organo. 1743.
  • Vesperae brevis a 4 Voc. di conc .; 2 viol. di conc., 1 viola ad lib., 1 basso viol. con Organo. 1744.
  • Hoch = Feyerlich = Zizimender Freüden = Sound [...] of glorious jubilation = Fest Zweyter Primiz in a listed table = music with four voices. 1749. On the 50th anniversary of the priesthood of Prince-Bishop Johann Anton II. Von Freyberg . Missing music ( digitized text book )
  • Recens electo [...] Episcopo Eustettensi devotum, [print] Eichstätt 1757. lost.
  • 30 Moduli musici (music for Latin school dramas, probably four-part cantional movements), “lost”.
  • Joseph Meck, Vocal Works, Part 1, Cantatas for Vocal Quartet, 2 Violini, Viola, Basso continuo [Offertorium; Father mi; Vesperae breves; Miserere], ed. from Kl. Beckmann. Röderer, Burgau 2014.
  • Joseph Meck, Vocal Works, Part 2, [44] Hymn arrangements for vocal quartet, 2 violini, basso continuo, ed. from Kl. Beckmann. Röderer, Burgau 2014.

literature

  • Johann Gottfried Walther: Musical Lexicon. Leipzig 1732, p. 349.
  • Raymund Schlecht: Music history of the city of Eichstätt. Manuscript (1883) in the diocesan archive of the Eichstätt diocese .
  • Klaus Beckmann : Joseph Meck (1690–1758), life and work of the Eichstätter Hofkapellmeister . Phil. Diss., Bochum 1975.
  • Hubert Unverricht: Prolegomena to a history of the Eichstätter court chapel in the 18th century . In: Collective sheet Historischer Verein Eichstätt , Volume 80, 1987, Eichstätt 1988, pp. 57-67.
  • Christopher Schweisthal: The Eichstätter Hofkapelle until its dissolution in 1802 . Schneider, Tutzing 1997.
  • Klaus Beckmann: Joseph Meck (1690–1758), Hochfürstlicher Hoff Capellmeister Vndt Cammerdiener in Eichstätt. Röderer, Burgau 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Beckmann, Biographical Article on Joseph Meck, Manuscript, Herten June 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Klaus Beckmann: Joseph Meck (1690–1758), Hochfürstlicher Hoff Capellmeister Vndt Cammerdiener in Eichstätt. Röderer, Burgau 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Meck, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meck, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Kapellmeister, composer and violin virtuoso of the Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
DATE OF BIRTH around 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Knöringen , Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1758
Place of death Eichstatt