Paul Sartorius (composer)

Paul Sartorius (baptized November 16, 1569 in Nuremberg ; † February 28, 1609 in Innsbruck ) was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.

life and work

Sartorius first studied with L. Lechner in the Latin school near St. Lorenz in Nuremberg. Then he studied composition in Italy, presumably with Ruggiero Giovannelli in Rome. From 1594 he worked as organist in the court orchestra of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Maximilian III. in Mergentheim and after his appointment as governor of Tyrol in 1602 in Innsbruck .

Sartorius composed the Missae tres octonis voci Decantandae (Munich 1599, 1600), Madrigali a cinque vocis (Venice 1600), Sonetti spirituali a sei voci (Nuremberg 1601), the New German Song with four voices in the style of the Welschen Canzonette (Nuremberg 1601) , Sacrae cantiones sive motecta (Venice 1602), further masses and motets in the style of Palestrina , eight Magnificats and two German songs. His works show a great influence of the Italian music of his time, especially Palestrinas.

literature

• Robert Eitner :  Sartorius, Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 390.
• Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon . In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Sartorius, Paul. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 553 (first edition: 1882).
• Christian Fastl: Sartorius (Schneider, Scheickher), Paul. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Sartorius (composer) in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Riemann music dictionary. 1959. Paul Sartorius.