Nicolaus Hasse

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Nicolas ( also: Nikolaus) Hasse (* around 1605 in Lübeck ; † depending on the source between Michaelmas and Christmas 1670 or March 8, 1672 in Rostock ) was a German composer and organist at the North German organ school .

Life

Nicolaus Hasse probably received music lessons from his father, Peter Hasse . In 1642 Nicolaus Hasse became the organist of the St. Marien Church in Rostock. According to one source, he retired in 1671, which would contradict the date of death given in another source.

Hasse appeared to be struggling financially as he asked for salary increases or advances several times.

His son Hinrich (1625–1696) was the organist of the Petrikirche in Lübeck . Friedrich (1635–1688) was an organist, sexton and schoolmaster in Neuengamme . His unsuccessful application audition in the Jacobikirche in Hamburg was examined by Dietrich Becker . His grandsons Nicolas the Younger (1651–1672), Peter II (1668–1737) and Peter III (1668–1737) were organists. His great-grandson Johann Peter (1708–1776) was a musician, like his grandson the famous opera and church composer Johann Adolf Hasse .

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Von Hasse published a collection with 10 suites for soprano instrument and basso continuo , 11 suites for 2 soprano instruments and B. c. , as well as 13 dances “ the Polish way” under the title “Delitiæ Musicæ” (Rostock, 1656). In addition, 50 spiritual songs have been preserved; other works are missing. His spiritual songs, the melody of which is not always certain, are based on the madrigal style and show great expressiveness. From Nicolaus Hasse's originally much more extensive organ work, only four chorale arrangements have survived: three merging verses about Jesus Christ, our Savior, who turns God's wrath from us - the cantus firmus is in soprano, tenor and bass (pedal) - and three Choral fantasies about the songs Honor to God alone , Jesus Christ, our Savior, who turns the wrath of God from us and Come, Holy Spirit, Lord God . The last two, with a length of 161 and 292 bars respectively and their high compositional level, are among the most important examples of the genre of the choral fantasy.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heike Angermann: Diedrich Becker, Musikus. Approaching a musician and his time. 2013 ( online) (PDF; 2.3 MB) p. 27
personal data
SURNAME Hate, Nicolaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hate, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH 1670 or March 8, 1672
Place of death Rostock