Matthäus Waissel

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Matthäus Waissel and Latinized Matthaeus Waisselius (* around 1540 in Bartenstein / East Prussia ; † 1602 possibly in Königsberg ) was a German Lutheran theologian , lutenist , editor of music collections and writer.

Life

It is uncertain whether he was Matthaeus Waiszel Borussus who enrolled at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) in 1553 ; in this case, his date of birth would have to be well before 1540. On February 1, 1561, Waissel enrolled at the Albertus University in Königsberg, where he studied theology.

Waissel became headmaster of a school in Schippenbeil near Königsberg in 1573 . From 1574 to 1587 he was pastor at the church Langheim ( Polish Łankiejmy ). In 1573 he published a book of lute music , which mainly contained arrangements of vocal compositions by Italian and German composers. He published a total of four tablature books with pieces for the lute. The third also contained instructions on how to play the lute. The last tablature book published in 1592 was the last lute tablature in Germany for many years and the last publication that the German lute tablature ever used. For many pieces, Waissel requires pronounced position play and thus good command of the instrument. His tablature books were spread all over Europe. It is not certain whether Waissel composed some pieces in the tablature books he edited himself.

Waissel later published three more books: in 1594 a treatise on the true nobility appeared, in 1596 a book with biblical stories in verse, and in 1599 the Chronica Alter Preusscher Eifflendischer und Curlendischer Historien .

Waissel also became known for his country chronicle and his collections of sacred and secular songs, which he dedicated to Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia .

His son, who was also named Matthäus Waissel, also became a musician; In 1598 he is known to have been an instrumentist in Riga , and from 1616 to 1619 he was a member of the Königsberg court orchestra.

Works

  • Tabulatura continens insignes et selectissimas quasque Cantiones ... testudini adaptas. Johann Eichorn , Frankfurt an der Oder 1573 ( urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00033916-5 )
  • Tabulatura of all artificial preambles, ... to be played on the lute ... Andreas Eichorn, Frankfurt an der Oder 1591.
  • Lute book, including the tablature and application of the lute more thorough and full instruction ... Andreas Eichorn, Frankfurt an der Oder 1592.
  • Tabulatura Good mean Deudtscher Tentze, not only on one lute in particular, but also on two lutes, striking together with fourths ... Andreas Eichorn, Frankfurt an der Oder 1592.
  • From that were nobility. Georg Osterberger, Koenigsberg 1594.
  • Summa doctrinae sacrae. Georg Osterberger, Koenigsberg 1596.
  • Chronica Alter Preusscher Eifflendischer and Curlendischer Historien… Neatly compiled from old written histories and given only for use in the print. By Matthaeum Waisselium. Georg Osterberger, Königsberg 1599 ( urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00017773-3 ).

literature

  • Josef Klima, Hans Radke:  Waissel, Waisselius, Matthäus. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 17 (Vina - Zykan). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7618-1137-5 , Sp. 386–387 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Klaus-Peter Koch: Matthäus Waissel, Valentin Haussmann and Georg Neumark. Three examples of dealing with Polish music around 1600 . In: Yearbook for German and Eastern European Folklore 37. Elwert, Marburg 1994, ISSN  0949-3409 , pp. 122-138.
  • Wolfgang Kreth: Matthaeus Waissel “Tabulatura” 1592. Introduction to the complete facsimile edition. In: Guitar & Lute. 6/1982, p. 346 ff.
  • Hans Radke, Wolfgang Boetticher , Christian Meyer:  Waissel [Waisselius], Matthäus. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  • Josef Zuth : Handbook of the lute and guitar. Vienna 1926, p. 284.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Douglas Alton Smith: A history of the lute from antiquity to the Renaissance. Lute Society of America, Lexington 2002, ISBN 0-9714071-0-X , p. 179 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ↑ Walther Hubatsch : History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia . Volume 1. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1968, p. 129.
personal data
SURNAME Waissel, Matthäus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waisselius, Matthaeus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, lutenist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Bartenstein
DATE OF DEATH 1602
Place of death uncertain: Königsberg