Lochamer songbook

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The Lochamer song book (also Locheimer or Lochheimer song book ) is an extensive collection of German-language songs at the transition from the late Middle Ages to the Renaissance . It dates from the middle of the 15th century.

description

The song manuscript , which was created in Nuremberg, comprises around 50 one- to three-part songs on 93 pages (different counting methods are due to the fact that two songs in two variants and two further melodies are only contained in parts and without text or title). It is the only source for almost half of these songs. The main writer was a Frater Jodocus von Windsheim , who can be assigned to the school of the Nuremberg composer and organist Conrad Paumann . The main part of the collection dates from the years 1451 to 1453, additions extend to 1460. The song collection documents a. a. the increased emergence of secular songs alongside church songs. These include u. a. All my 'thoughts that I have', I'm driving there, The forest has defoliated and I'm jumping on this ring . Individual songs in the manuscript can be assigned to specific authors of the late Middle Ages, namely the monk of Salzburg and Oswald von Wolkenstein (Wake up, my hoard) .

The second part of the manuscript includes under the name Fundamentum organisandi 31 organ tabs by Conrad Paumann. The two parts were initially created independently of each other, but were probably connected to a band soon after they were created . The Fundamentum organisandi is also handed down in the Buxheim organ book .

The Lochamer songbook was a valuable part of the library of the princes of Stolberg-Wernigerode in Wernigerode in the local orangery in the pleasure garden. It was sold and has been in the Berlin State Library since 1931 .

This song manuscript was critically edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold and published for the first time in Friedrich Chrysander's Year Book for Musical Science , Volume 2 (Leipzig 1867).

Name of the songbook

The songbook was named after one of its first owners who entered the book around 1500 with the words "Wolflein von Locham [e] r is the gesenngk book". Because of the first name common among Jews and because of a dedication in Hebrew script in the book, it was assumed that he was Jewish. The addition "von Lochamer" was therefore considered a designation of origin (after one of the places called Lochheim ), which is why the book is also called the Lochheimer Songbook . In the meantime, however, it has become clear that the dedication in no way comes from a Yiddish or Hebrew literate writer and that Wolflein (von) Lochamer belonged to a Christian patrician family from Nuremberg . The name of the songbook is therefore now hyphenated as it refers to a family name and not to a place.

Recordings / sound carriers

  • 14 songs and instrumental pieces from the Locheimer songbook and the Fundamentumorganandi by Conrad Paumann; Hans Sachs: 5 songs. Nuremberg Gamba College, Josef Ulsamer. Archive production APM 14822 [LP, mono]. 1964
  • The Locham Song Book. German Popular Songs from the 15th Century. Martin Hummel (baritone), Ensemble Dulce Melos, Marc Lewon (conductor). Naxos 8.557803. 2008

reception

literature

Modern editions

Secondary literature

  • Johannes Kandler: How does love sound? Notes on the interaction of music and text in the Lochamer songbook. In: German love poetry in the 15th and 16th centuries. Amsterdam [u. a.] 2005, pp. [47] -64.
  • Christoph Petzsch: The Lochamer songbook. Studies. Beck, Munich 1967.
  • Christoph Petzsch: Lochamer song book. In: Kurt Ruh (Ed.): The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author Lexicon. Revision. Volume 5. de Gruyter, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-11-009909-8 , Sp. 888-891.
  • Walter Salmen: The German tenor song to the Lochamer songbook. o. O. 1949.
  • Walter Salmen: The Lochamer Liederbuch: A study of music history. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1951.
  • Karl Gustav Fellerer : The Lochamer song book in the adaptation of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , in: Musikforschung 5, Kassel-Basel 1952.

Web links

Commons : Lochamer Liederbuch  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: I'm jumping at this ring  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christoph Petzsch: The Lochamer song book. Studies. Beck, Munich 1967, pp. 1-4 and 61-64. The assumption of an initially Jewish collection of songs can nevertheless also be found in more recent publications that are only based on older literature, e.g. B. Albrecht Classen: German song books of the 15th and 16th centuries (folk song studies 1). Waxmann, Münster 2001, p. 195.