Paul Siefert
Paul Siefert ( also: Sibert, Sivert, Syfert or Paulus Syfertius, baptized June 28, 1586 in Danzig ; † May 6, 1666 ibid) was an organist and composer of the North German Organ School .
Life
Thanks to a grant from the Danzig City Council, Paul Siefert went to Amsterdam to study from 1607 until the end of 1610, where he was a student of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck . After his return he became assistant organist in Gdansk. From 1611 to 1616 he was organist first at the old town church in Königsberg , then organist in the Warsaw court orchestra of Sigismund III. from Poland . On September 23, 1623 he was appointed to succeed Michael Weyda as organist at St. Mary's Church in Gdansk , where he remained until the end of his life.
Siefert tried to assert himself against his adversary, the Warsaw bandmaster Marco Scacchi . Both composers published several music collections in the dispute. Andreas Neunhaber and possibly Christoph Bernhard were students at Siefert. Matthias Schneider provided a critical edition of Paul Siefert's keyboard music , and Klaus Beckmann published a critical edition of all organ works .
Works
Vocal works collections:
- Psalms of David composed in the French melody or manner in music. Danzig 1640.
- Canticum seu Symbolum… Te Deum laudamus. Danzig 1642.
- Anticribratio musica ad avenam Scacchianam. Danzig 1645.
- Epithalamium… Regis Reginaeque Poloniae. Danzig 1646; Original lost, but preserved as a reprint in Psalmorum Davidicorum .
- Psalmorum Davidicorum, Ad Gallicam melodiam… pars II. Danzig 1651; contains instrumental work Canzon à 8 .
- Melisma harmonicum in honorem… Consulis Gedanensis Friderici Eleri. Danzig 1647 ?; lost.
Organ works:
- Variation on "Puer natus in Bethlehem"
- Choral variation “ Nun komm der Heiden Heiland ” (anonymous; published under Siefert's name).
- Paduans
- Fantasia
- “Benedicam Dominum” (based on a motet by Orlando di Lasso ).
- 13 fantasies (authenticity disputed)
Music theoretical works:
- Anticribratio musica ad avenam Scacchianam. Danzig 1645.
- Exam musicum. Breslau 1649; lost.
literature
- Max Seiffert : Paul Siefert. Biographical sketch. Quarterly journal for musicology VII, 1891.
- Robert Eitner : Siefert, Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 192-194.
- C.-A. Moberg: Om Paul Sieferts 'Psalmen Davids' 1651. Eripainos Uusi Musiikkilehti VII / VIII, 1957.
- Carl Dahlhaus (ed. Under W. Wiora ): "Cribrum musicum." The dispute between Scacchi and Siefert. In: North German and North European Music (presentations at the Kiel conference in 1963). Kiel writings on musicology, XVI. Kassel 1965.
- W. Nitschke: On Paul Siefert's Psalms. Congress report Bonn 1970.
Web links
- Works by and about Paul Siefert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Paul Siefert in the International Music Score Library Project
- The keyboard music of the Danzig organist Paul Siefert (research project for a new Siefert edition)
- Paul Siefert program of the Abendmusiken Basel under Jörg-Andreas Bötticher in the Predigerkirche Basel , October 14, 2018
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siefert, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sibert, Paul; Sivert, Paul; Syfert, Paul; Syfertius, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 28, 1586 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1666 |
| Place of death | Danzig |