Michael Kraf

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Michael Kraf (born September 5, 1595 in Bad Neustadt an der Saale , † March 16, 1662 in Weingarten (Württemberg) was a German composer "composita et organista".

Life

Michael Kraf spent his childhood mainly in Bad Neustadt an der Saale . The last name appears in different spellings, e.g. B. Craff, Graffen (the name of the father in the baptismal registers) or Graf. The main focus of his training was in Fulda . On April 4, 1616, he took up the post of monastery composer in Weingarten Monastery. In November 13, 1617 he married Maria Spieß from Altdorf (Weingarten) . Several fiefs contributed to his livelihood , which he was awarded in the course of his career at Weingarten Monastery.

Works

  • Musae novae octonis vocibus cum duplici basso ad organum (...), Dillingen 1616 (dedicated to Wolfgang Wilhelm (Pfalz-Neuburg) )
  • liber primus sacrorum concentuum, Rorschach 1620 (dedicated to Abbot Johann Christoph I. Härtlin von Weißenau)
  • augustissimae coelorum dominae virginis parentis canticum, Rorschach 1620
  • canticum deiparae virginis, Rorschach 1620 (dedicated to Abbot Bernhard Müller of Sankt Gallen )
  • missae senis octonis duodenis vocibus, Ravensburg 1623 (dedicated to Prince Abbot Jakob Fugger , Bishop of Constance)
  • liber secundus sacrorum concentuum, Ravensburg 1624 (dedicated to Bartholomäus Ehinger , Abbot of Ochsenhausen )
  • motectae quibus deo ter optumo maxumo divisque caelitibus, Ravensburg 1625, 1626 (dedicated to Johannes Eucharius von Wolfurt, prince abbot of Kempten)
  • sacri litaniarum concentus, Ravensburg 1627 (dedicated to Abbot Georg von Bildhausen )
  • camoenopaedia sacra concertus vocant (dedicated to Johann Bernhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg , Prince Abbot of Fulda)
  • agalliama vespertinum magnificat liber tertius, Rottweil 1627 (dedicated to Jodok Hösli , abbot of the Swiss sister abbey of Pfäfers )

literature

  • Axel Beer and Michael Kraf (Graf), 1595–1662, life and work . In: Erhard Nowak , Significant Bad Neustädter, Bad Neustadt 1998, p. 33 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Main State Archives Stuttgart Ephemeris of the Weingarten Monastery (inventory B 515, manuscript 9)
  2. ^ Catalog of the Bavarian State Library in Munich with digitized version
personal data
SURNAME Kraf, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Craff, Michael; Graffen, Michael; Graf, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer "composita et organista"
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1595
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Neustadt an der Saale
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1662
Place of death Weingarten (Württemberg)