Kaspar Förster the Younger
Kaspar Förster (baptized February 28, 1616 in Danzig ; † February 2, 1673 in Oliva ) was a German singer , conductor and composer .
Life
Kaspar Förster the Younger was born as the son of the Danzig Kapellmeister Kaspar Förster . He received his first musical instruction from his father. He was also active as a composer, but no works by him have survived.
Förster had his first appearances as a musician as a chapel boy in the Marienkirche in Danzig. He completed his training in Warsaw with Marco Scacchi and from 1636 in Italy . In 1638 he became a singer and conductor with the Warsaw court orchestra. In 1641 he applied for an office in Danzig, but there was no appointment. He spent some time in Italy until the Danish King Friedrich III in 1652 . called to Copenhagen to take over the reconstruction of the court orchestra. The flare-up war between Denmark and Sweden, however, brought him back to Gdansk in 1655, three years after his father's death, where he was Kapellmeister at St. Mary's Church for two years. According to Johann Mattheson , it was an "adornment of Danzig music". In 1657 he entered the Venetian service and took part in the Turkish Wars. From 1660 or 1661 he lived again in Copenhagen, where he led the court orchestra for a total of ten years. After spending a short time in Hamburg , he retired in Oliva near Danzig, where he also died.
Works
He composed six trio sonatas , as well as sacred concerts and cantatas .
- Domine Dominus noster
- Vanitas vanitatum
- Sonata a 7
- Viri Israelite audite
- La Pazza
- Repleta est malis
- 6 Sonata a 3rd
- Congregantes philistei
- 3 oratorios
- 35 sacred concerts ( cantatas )
- 4 secular cantatas
literature
- Johann Mattheson : Basis of an honor gate , p. 73 ff.
- Christiane Engelbrecht: Forester, Caspar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 279 ( digitized version ).
- Berthold Warnecke : Kaspar Förster the Younger (1616–1673) and the variety of European styles in the 17th century. Writings on musicology from Münster, Volume 21. Schneverdingen 2004, ISBN 3-88979-108-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Kessler : The Danzig Church Music. Hänssler-Verlag, 1973.
Web links
- Works by and about Kaspar Förster the Younger in the catalog of the German National Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kaspar Förster the Elder | Kapellmeister of the Marienkirche in Gdansk 1655–1658 |
Johann Balthasar Erben |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forester, Kaspar the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Förster, Karspar; Forsterus, Kaspar; Forester, Gasparo; Forester, Kasper |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer, conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized February 28, 1616 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1673 |
| Place of death | Oliva |