Paul Hofhaimer

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Sgraffito on the birthplace in Radstadt
Paul Hofhaimer's house where he died, Pfeifergasse 18 , Salzburg

Paul Hofhaimer , also spelling Hofhaymer and Hofheymer , (born January 25, 1459 in Radstadt (Salzburger Land), † 1537 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian composer and organist .

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Paul Hofhaimer came from a respected family of musicians who produced several organists of local importance. He received his training at the court of Emperor Friedrich III. (HRR) (ruled 1452–1493), which in 1485 gave him a family coat of arms. In 1478 his activity at the court of Archduke Siegmund (1427–1496) in Innsbruck is  documented, in 1480 he took up the position as chamber organist in the succession of Nikolaus Kronsdorfer . In the same year he married. After participating in the Nuremberg Reichstag in 1481, he traveled to Dresden with the dukes Ernst and Albrecht and stayed there in their service. In 1486 he traveled to Frankfurt at Sigismund's behest to elect Maximilian (who later became Emperor Maximilian I (HRR) 1493-1519) and married a second time.

The unsuccessful efforts of the Hungarian queen, Beatrix of Aragon, the second wife of King Matthias Corvinus , to recruit him in 1489 testify to his fame beyond southern Germany . Since 1490 as court organist at the court of Maximilian I, he and his master traveled to Linz, Wels, Vienna, Augsburg, Ulm, Konstanz, Füssen and Freiburg for his imperial diets. The close contacts to the Saxon court remained, Elector Friedrich III. (Saxony) “the wise” (1486–1525) sent him several organ students. Before 1504 he moved to Passau, in 1507 he settled in Augsburg, the “secret capital” of the emperor, where he worked as a freelancer under his favor. There he also worked with the organ builder Jan Behaim von Dubrau.

The highlight of his career was the accolade and the award of a coat of arms on the occasion of the famous double wedding on July 22, 1515 in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna . From 1522 at the latest, he was cathedral organist at Salzburg Cathedral in the service of Prince Archbishop Cardinal Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg , who had long been an advisor to Maximilian.

Hofhaimer was famous as an excellent organist, organ teacher and ode composer. His compositions were also very popular in music lessons in Latin schools. Not many of his instrumental works have survived.

literature

  • Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl: Hofhaimer, Paul. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
  • Robert EitnerHoffheymer, Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 569-571.
  • Lothar Hoffmann inheritance law:  Hofhaimer, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 442 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl: Hofhaimer. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Person part, Vol. 9. 2nd edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel et al. 2003, Sp. 140-143
  • Hans Joachim Moser : Paul Hofhaimer. A song and organ master of German humanism. Hildesheim 1966 (2nd improved edition of the Stuttgart 1929 edition).
  • Gerhard Walterskirchen: Paul Hofhaimer in Salzburg - Hofhaimer students in Salzburg. In: Walter Salmen (eds.): Heinrich Isaac and Paul Hofhaimer in the environment of Emperor Maximilian I ( Innsbruck contributions to musicology, 16). Innsbruck 1997, pp. 125-133.
  • Michael Radulescu : On the problem of the intavolations of Hofhaimer's sentences. In: Walter Salmen (eds.): Heinrich Isaac and Paul Hofhaimer in the environment of Emperor Maximilian I ( Innsbruck contributions to musicology, 16). Innsbruck 1997, pp. 135-141.

Editions

Paul Hofhaimer, Complete Works ( Monuments of Music in Salzburg, 15). Strube Verlag, Munich.

  • Volume I: Latin motets, German songs, Carmina. Presented by Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl (2004)
  • Volume II: Compositions and intavolations for keyboard instruments. Presented by Johannes Strobl (2009)
  • Volume III: Harmoniae poeticae. Submitted by Grantley McDonald (2014)

Web links

Commons : Paul Hofhaimer  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files