Otto Gibel

Otto Gibel (also: Gibelius; * 1612 in Burg auf Fehmarn ; † October 20, 1682 in Minden ) was a music theorist, composer and teacher.

Live and act

Otto Gibel's father, Abraham Gibelius, was provost in Burg on Fehmarn. Since the plague raged on Fehmarn, Otto Gibel left the island and moved to live with relatives in Braunschweig, where he received his training at the Katharinenschule. From 1631 he received music lessons there from Heinrich Grimm , a student of Michael Praetorius . In 1634 Gibel got a job as a cantor in Stadthagen and in 1642 he was appointed as a teacher at the Latin school in Minden . In 1649 he was given the position of cantor here, which he held until the end of his life.

Gibel was considered one of the most important music theorists and school singing teachers of his time, who conveyed a wide range of musical and theoretical knowledge in his writings. He used a system of tone syllables, the solmization , for school education . As a composer, Gibel mastered the musical styles and forms of his time.

Johann Mattheson wrote about Gibel in his basis of an Ehrenpforte (1740): “I believe that a thousand go to universities and spend many years there, which do not equal this man, who has not attended any of them, in learning, especially musical . "

Catalog raisonné at Brandhorst 1991.

plant

• First part of sacred harmonies (for 1–5 voices) (Hamburg, 1671, lost).
• Oh, that I shouldn't hear , sacred concerto for two alto voices and basso continuo (Celle, 1645).
• Honor be to the father and the son , sacred concert for soprano, alto, tenor bass and basso continuo (Celle, 1645).
• The vanity of the world: it's all completely vain , cantata with 5 voices, 3 viols and basso continuo. (Minden, 1673).
• The love of God: I have always loved you , cantata with 4 voices, 2 violins, viols and basso continuo, (handwriting, 1673).

Fonts in original titles

• Seminarium modulatoriae vocalis, that is: a plant garden of the art of singing, in which students who are just beginning can be educated very easily and beneficially, [...] whose method is properly described in prefixed praefation. So prepared for all four human voices and singers and published by Ottonem Gibelium. Celle 1645; Bremen 1657 and Rinteln 1658 urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00093645-2 .
• Kurtzer, however, a thorough report on the Vocibus Musicalibus, which deals with the musical syllabication, or [...] the solmization [...] for those who deal with the instruction of the youth in singing, the message to be thought by Ottone Gibelio. Jacob Koehler, Bremen 1659.
• Ottonis Gibelii Femariâ-Holsati: Introductio musicae theoreticae didacticae in quâ praecupua ejus principia, cum primis vero mathematica [...] summâ pariter perspicuitate ac brevitate proponuntur; nec tantùm ad monochordum, sed alia quoque hodie usitatiora et nobiliora instrumenta, tùm secundùm veterem tùm novam musices rationem, accuratè applicantur. pars generalis: Jacob Köhler, Bremen 1660 urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10527212-4 . ( Digitized version )
• Proportiones Mathematico-Musicae, that is: a number of noble and even useful musical tasks, from which Mathesi demonstrates, and according to their quality artificially represented in added copper pieces and presented for the eyes, presented to all true music lovers for the best and presented. By Ottone Gibelio. Johann Ernst Heydorn (Heddewig widow), Minden on the Weser 1666

literature

• Albrecht Ganse: The Cantor Otto Gibelius (1612–1682): His life and works, with special consideration of his writings on school singing methodology. Frommhold & Wendler, Leipzig 1934 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
• Moritz Fürstenau:  Gibel, Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 146 f.
• Martin Ruhnke :  Gibel, Otto. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 367 f. ( Digitized version ).

• Jürgen Brandhorst: Music history of the city of Minden, Hamburg / Eisenach 1991 (writings on musicology from Münster 3).

• Jürgen Brandhorst: Spotlights on the music history of the city of Minden, in: Mindener contributions 90, 2018, pp. 7–50.

Web links

• Publications by and about Otto Gibel in VD 17 .
• Works by and about Otto Gibel  in the German Digital Library
• George J. Buelow:  Gibelius, Otto. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Mattheson: Basis of an honor gate. Liepmannssohn, Berlin 1910, p. 90 f. ( Digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dgrundlageeinereh00matt~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D90~doppelseiten%3Dja~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
2. ^ Curriculum vitae on Musicologie.org (French).