Klaus Beckmann (musicologist)

Klaus Beckmann (born December 6, 1935 in Wanne-Eickel ) is a German high school teacher , musicologist , church musician and university teacher .

biography

Klaus Beckmann studied philosophy , education and evangelical theology in Cologne , Bonn and Bielefeld , school music in Detmold and Cologne, musicology in Münster and Bochum (1975 Dr. phil. ).

From 1960 to 1998 he was a high school teacher (subjects: music and ev. Religion) in Wanne-Eickel, Recklinghausen and Gelsenkirchen (1979 director of studies ). From 1957 to 2005 he worked as choirmaster and organist in Wanne-Eickel and Recklinghausen. He was also active in church music training (leading C-courses). From 1986 to 1996, he held a teaching position for organ literature at the Detmold University of Music . He has lived in Herten since 1983 .

Act

After choral music editions ( Passions by Scandello , Beber ) Beckmann presented Buxtehude's complete works for organ in 1971/72 , with numerous deficits in tradition being able to be corrected. The same methodological approach (inner text criticism) was successfully applied to other composers of the Hanseatic organ baroque . Johann Gottfried Walther's important collections and letters as well as the life and work of Eichstätter Hofkapellmeister Joseph Meck were objects of further studies and editions. The Detmold teaching assignment gave rise to an inventory of the organ music documented worldwide from 1150 to 2000. The series “Masters of the North German Organ School” conceived by Beckmann documents almost completely all representative composers and their organ oeuvres in 36 volumes (Schott 2003–15), together with a two-volume overview of this era (“The North German School. Organ Music in Protestant North Germany [. ..], Part I – II ”). His journalistic work extends to over 180 publications.

1985 to 1997 he worked as a concert organist and moderator at the Recklinghausen spring organ concert series. From 2010 to 2012 he was involved in community education ( song catechesis with a corresponding piece of organ literature) in Marl.

Works (selection)

Books

• Joseph Meck (1690–1758), Life and Work of the Eichstätter Hofkapellmeister . Dissertation printing, Bochum 1975.
• Johann Gottfried Walther , letters . Klaus Beckmann (ed.) And Hans-Joachim Schulze (ed.), Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1987.
• Organ music repertory. Composers - Works - Editions, 1150–2000, 57 countries . Volume 1 organ solo, volume 2 organ + instr., Schott, Mainz 2001.
• Franz Eler, Cantica sacra . Reprint of the edition Hamburg 1588, with an introduction by Klaus Beckmann. Olms, Hildesheim 2002.
• The North German School. Organ music in Protestant Northern Germany between 1517 and 1755. Part I: The time of the founding fathers, 1517–1629. Part II: Heyday and Decline, 1620–1755 . Schott, Mainz 2005 and 2009.
• Joseph Meck (1690–1758), Hochfürstlicher Hoff Capellmeister Vndt Cammerdiener in Eichstätt . Röderer, Burgau 2015.

items

Lexicon article

• In MGG : Meck . The same in The New Grove 12 , London 1980: Meck. The same in The New Grove 16, London 2001: Meck .
• In MGG2: Bruhns, Meck .
• In RIEMANN 13/2012: Bölsche, Buttstett, Eler, Schildt, Vetter .

Articles and articles in journals (selection)

• Text-critical reflections on Buxtehude's organ works . In: Musik und Kirche , Kassel 1968, pp. 106-1013.
• Authenticity problems with D. Buxtehude's free organ works . In: Report on the International Musicological Congress Bonn 1970 , Kassel [1973], pp. 341–343.
• “Concerto del Sign.r Meck” (B minor) - a mistake made by Johann Gottfried Walther . In: Musik und Kirche , Kassel 1974, pp. 176–179.
• A previously neglected source on Buxtehude's F sharp minor prelude . In: Musik und Kirche , Kassel 1984, pp. 271–275.
• Another Buxtehude? On the controversial text question in Buxtehude's organ works . In: Der Kirchenmusiker , Kassel 1984, pp. 1–12, 48–59.
• Jakob Bölsche († 1684): Preamble in E major . In: Ars Organi , Kassel 1984, pp. 215-232.
• Was Buxtehude's E major prelude originally in C major? Statement on transposition hypotheses in organ works by D. Buxtehudes and V. Lübeck . In: Der Kirchenmusiker , Kassel: 1986, pp. 77–84, pp. 122–127.
• The case “Johan. P. ". The rehabilitation of the Hamburg-based Nicolai organist Johann Praetorius († 1660) and its consequences for Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's organ oeuvre . In: Der Kirchenmusiker , Kassel 1990, pp. 16–22.
• On the sextole in Buxtehude's G minor prelude BuxWV 149 . In: Ars Organi , Kassel 1997, pp. 69-77.
• Hieronymus III Praetorius - the "great hope" who died early in musica et organis . In: organ , Mainz 2000, pp. 3–10.
• A delicious miniature. Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens' “Hymnus Creator alme siderum” (1850/62) . In: organ , Mainz 2012, pp. 30–35.
• If everything is "right". Lothar Graap's “Intonation III” for organ (1987) . In: organ , Mainz 2013, pp. 25–28.
• Believe the messenger or the message? Critical aspects of a suite by Dietrich Buxtehude in Johann Kruse's music book (1694/1704) . In: Concerto , Altenburg 2013, pp. 25–28.
• Ingezonden. Bij Buxtehudes Te Deum . In: Het Orgel , vol. 109/3, KVOK 2013, pp. 40–41.
• Psalter - Luther - Tunder . In: Ars Organi , Mettlach 2014, pp. 80–85.
• They call it tunder. Can I disagree? In: Musik & Gottesdienst , Basel 2014, pp. 93–104.
• How do you play tunder? THE cardinal question with regard to his 400th birthday. - Fixed tunder text damage after 350 years . In: Musica Sacra , Regensburg 2014, pp. 198–201.
• Easter celebration in Lübeck. Franz Tunder's chorale fantasy "Christ was in death bonds" . In: organ , Mainz 2014, pp. 27–31.
• Historicizing or historical? Andreas Kneller's “Praeludium [pedaliter, D minor]” in historical style . In: organ , Mainz 2015, pp. 38–42.
• Interval figuration and articulation . In: Ars Organi , Mettlach 2015, pp. 94–97.
• What remains? 60 years of inner text criticism with north German organ masters . In: Musik & Gottesdienst , Basel 2015, pp. 107–122.
• Performance practice with Tunders organ works . In: Acta Organologica , Kassel 2015, pp. 369-380.
• On 2 clavier. Baroque sound design in the early form of the north German choral fantasy . In: Ars Organi , Mettlach 2015, pp. 232–237.
• Profiling Buxtehude. Performance practice at the Praeludium in C major BuxWV 138 . In: Musik & Gottesdienst , Basel 2016, pp. 194–203.
• Author of historical performance practice? Wolfgang Caspar Printz died 300 years ago . In: Ars Organi , Mettlach 2017, pp. 22–27.
• Diagnosis: Benisch's disease. To "Toccata Sigr: Box de Hude ex D ped: 1684." (BuxWV 155) . In: organ , Mainz 2017, pp. 36–44.
• Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Gottfried Walther and scolded editors . In: Buxtehude studies , Volume 2, Butz, Bonn 2017, pp. 165–182.
• Historically (not) informed performance practice ?. Opinion on the contribution by S. Rampe “Ornamentation in the North German Repertoire. Trills and other decorations in Buxtehude, Reincken, Lübeck and Bruhns ” . In organ 1/2018, pp. 36–44. In: organ , Mainz: Schott 2/2018, pp. 50–52.
• Inconspicuous, unknown - forgotten? Bartholomäus Weisthoma (1639-1721), court organist in Eichstätt. In: Ars Organi , 66th year, issue 2, 2018, pp. 97–101.
• The solution to the riddle. On the text question in Buxtehude's Prelude in D minor (BuxWV 140). In: organ , 21st year, Mainz: Schott 4/2018, pp. 48–55.
• Lost places, no future? Plea for the chorale fantasy with examples from Johann Steffens and Heinrich Scheidemann. In: Ars Organi , 67th year, issue 1, 2019, pp. 16–23.
• Tournemire as an interpreter of Dietrich Buxtehude. Contrary interpretive standpoints in France and Germany. In: organ , 22nd year, Mainz: Schott 2/2019, pp. 44–53.

Sheet music editions (selection)

• Dietrich Buxtehude , Complete Organ Works in Four Volumes I, 1; I, 2; II, 1; II, 2, ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1971/72.
• Dietrich Buxtehude, Complete Suites and Variations for piano / harpsichord , practical edition, ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1980.
• Johann Adam Reincken , Complete Works for Piano / Harpsichord , ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1982.
• Georg Böhm , Complete Works for Piano / Harpsichord , ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1985.
• Johann Gottfried Walther , Complete Organ Works I – IV, ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1998/99.
• Felix Schröder , 33 chorale preludes for organ , ed. by Klaus Beckmann and Ulrich Bartels, Strube, Munich 2000.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow , Complete Organ Works , ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Schott, Mainz 2006.
• Andreas Nicolaus Vetter , Complete Organ Works , ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Schott, Mainz 2006.
• Johann Heinrich Buttstett , Complete Organ Works I – II, ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Schott, Mainz 2006.
• Anonymous: Suite in B flat major for harpsichord / piano , first edition by Klaus Beckmann, Cornetto, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 979-0-50222-131-7 .
• Master of the North German Organ School (MdNO) , ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Schott, Mainz 2003–15. Vol. 1–36: Complete organ works by Hieronymus Praetorius (Vol. 1–3) · Johann Steffens (4) · Melchior Schildt (5) · Jakob Praetorius (6) · Johann Praetorius (7) · Heinrich Scheidemann (8–10, 22) Jan Adam Reincken (11) Vincent Lübeck sen. and jun. (12) Nicolaus Bruhns , Arnold M. Brunckhorst (13) Delphin Strunck (14) Nikolaus Adam Strunck (15) Nikolaus Hasse (16) Franz Tunder (17) Theophil Andreas Volckmar (18) Peter Morhard ( 19) · Paul Siefert (20) · Michael Praetorius (21) · Matthias Weckmann (23–24) · Dietrich Buxtehude (25–28) · Mancinus, Äbel, Hasse, Düben, Karges, Bölsche, Radeck, Werckmeister, Ritter, Heydorn , Kunzen, Saxer, Pfeiffer. 20 Free Organ Works of the North German School (29) · Neunhaber, Hintz, Kortkamp, ​​Flor, Radeck, Geist, Erich, Hanff , Schieferdecker. 20 chorale arrangements of the North German School (30) · Andreas Kneller , Georg Dietrich Leyding (31) · Georg Böhm (32) · Samuel Scheidt (33–36).
• Joseph Meck , 6 Concerti Op. I / 1-6 [F, c, E, C, B, A] , ed. from Kl. Beckmann, M. Sobel. Prima la musica !, Arbroath (GB) 2012.
• Joseph Meck, 5 Concerti Op. I / 7-11 [F, g, G, D, d] , ed. from Kl. Beckmann, Br. Clark. Prima la musica !, Arbroath (GB) 2012.
• Joseph Meck, 6 concerti of handwritten tradition [G, g, A, A, B] , ed. from Kl. Beckmann, Br. Clark. Prima la musica !, Arbroath (GB) 2012.
• 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.
• Dieterich Buxtehude, The Collected Work , Vol. 10, Sacred Words for Five Voices and Instruments, Part 1, Membra Jesu Nostri , Edited by Klaus Beckmann. Versions by Gustav Düben of Cantatas 1, 3, and 4, Edited by Paul Walker. New York: The Broude Trust, 2015.
• Johann Paul Schiffelholz , Thesaurus reconditus (The Hidden Treasure), VIII Concerti Op. I (Augsburg 1727) for violino principale, violino primo, violino secondo, viola, violoncello, organo (harpsichord), ed. by Klaus Beckmann, Book 1 (Conc. I; Conc. II with Joachim Winkler), Book 2 (Conc. III-IV with J. Winkler), Book 3 (Conc. V-VI with Lorenzo Lucca ), Book 4 (Conc VII-VIII). Beeskow: ortus musikverlag, 2019.

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Beckmann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Biography at Schott Music