Nicolaus Faber

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Nicolaus Faber (exact life dates unknown, * probably in Bozen ) was a Bavarian clergyman and cantor .

Nicolaus Faber is only known from being mentioned on the title page of the music theory book Musicae rudimenta by Johannes Aventinus , printed in Augsburg in 1515. There it says "Nicolaus Faber Vuolazanus illustrissimi Principis Arionisti vtriusque Boiariae Cantor et a Sacris". Then he was cantor and chaplain to Duke Ernst of Bavaria . The notes on the title page and a preceding distich may have come from him. He is possibly identical to Nikolaus Georg Fabri, court chaplain to Duke Ludwig X. of Bavaria , who was friends with Aventinus.

literature

  • Moritz Fürstenau :  Faber, Nicolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 498.
  • Klaus Wolfgang Niemöllert: Is Nicolaus Faber or Johannes Aventin the author of the "Musicae rudimenta" (Augsburg 1516)? In: Die Musikforschung Vol. 14, 1961, pp. 184-185.
  • Johann Turmair (Johannes Aventinus): Musicae rudimenta. Augsburg, 1516 . Translated and edited by T. Herman Keahey (= Musical Theorists in Translation Vol. 10). Institute of Mediaeval Music, Brooklyn NY 1971.
  • Johannes Turmair called Aventinus: Musicae rudimenta, that is, the beginnings of music ; Edited in facsimile and translated into German with comments and afterword by Michael Bernhard. Schneider, Tutzing 1980.
  • T. Herman Keahey: Faber (Wolzanus), Nicolaus (ii) . In: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . 2nd Edition Vol. 8, 2001.
  • Christoph March: Aventinus, Johannes . In: Franz Josef Worstbrock (Ed.): German Humanism 1480–1520. Author Lexicon . Vol. 1, de Gruyter, Berlin 2005, Col. 94-95.

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personal data
SURNAME Faber, Nicolaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faber, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian clergyman and cantor
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Bolzano
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century