Laurentius Ribovius

Laurentius Ribovius (born November 27, 1601 in Greifswald ; † August 15, 1644 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a German music teacher , non-fiction author and composer of Protestant church music .

Life

Ribovius, who came from Greifswald in Pomerania , became a music teacher at the Prussian Löbenicht Latin School in the Königsberg district of Löbenicht and held the position of Protestant cantor there from 1628 until his untimely death . He was active as a composer of church music and published writings on the subject of church music. In his Enchiridion musicum , a textbook on the art of singing, published in 1634, he uses questions and answers to explain the technical terms borrowed from Italian and other languages and, with the aid of numerous examples, explains the basic rules to be observed when singing. He devoted an entire chapter of the book to the subject of the fugue ; it was the first time that such a detailed chapter on fugues was published in German. The textbook was reprinted several times.

Works

Enchiridion musicum, or short term for the art of singing . Koenigsberg 1634.
Ad exequias Laurentio Ribovio faciendas invitat rector et senatus Academiae Regiomontanae . Koenigsberg 1644.

literature

Otto Ungewitter : The Enchiridion musicum by Laurentius Ribovius. Königsberg 1634. In. Old Prussian monthly . Volume 5, Koenigsberg 1868, pp. 331-338.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Georg Christoph Pisanski : From the schools in Königsberg in the seventeenth century . In: Prussian provincial sheets . Volume 9, Königsberg 1850, pp. 458-467, especially p. 467.
↑ Georg Christoph Pisanski : On eloquence, poetry and music in the seventeenth century . In: Prussian provincial sheets . Volume 2, Königsberg 1852, pp. 152-160, in particular pp. 156-157.
^ Paul Walker: Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach . The University of Rochester Press, Rochester (NY, USA) 2004, ISBN 1-58046-029-1 , p. 128.

personal data
SURNAME	Ribovius, Laurentius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Church music composer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 27, 1601
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH	August 15, 1644
Place of death	Koenigsberg i. Pr.

[Pis-1] A ^b Georg Christoph Pisanski : From the schools in Königsberg in the seventeenth century . In: Prussian provincial sheets . Volume 9, Königsberg 1850, pp. 458-467, especially p. 467.

[2] Georg Christoph Pisanski : On eloquence, poetry and music in the seventeenth century . In: Prussian provincial sheets . Volume 2, Königsberg 1852, pp. 152-160, in particular pp. 156-157.

[3] Paul Walker: Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach . The University of Rochester Press, Rochester (NY, USA) 2004, ISBN 1-58046-029-1 , p. 128.