Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuß

Peter Lawrence Wockenfuß (born March 17 ^{. Jul} / 27. March  1675 ^greg. In United Brüskow , Pomerania , † August 1721 in Husum ) was a German composer and cantor .

Life

Wockenfuss came from a family of theologians that had lived in the Stolp area since the 15th century . He was born in Groß-Brüskow as the son of the local pastor. He probably completed part of his studies in Regensburg . It is unclear when he came to northern Germany. By 1700 at the latest he appeared there with four compositions in the new edition of Heinrich Elmenhorst's songs , supervised by Johann Christopher Jauch (1669–1724) . In doing so, and in later compositions, he combined the Bible verse and hymn, as can also be found later with Johann Sebastian Bach . Its melody and harmony are comparable to that of Buxtehudes .

In 1708 he took over the office of cantor at the Nikolaikirche in Kiel , which he held until his death in 1721.

Works

• Franck, Johann Wolfgang, Heinrich Elmenhorst: Spiritual songs , edited by Johann Christopher Jauch, Lüneburg 1700, Reprint Hildesheim 2000, ISBN 3-487-11039-3 (= Monuments of German Music, 1st episode, Volume 45, Wiesbaden 1961)

Literature and Sources

• Friedrich Giese: A hitherto unknown occasional composition by Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuß. In: Monthly sheets of the society for Pomeranian history and antiquity. No. 46, 1932
• Uwe Haensel: Wockenfuß. In: Music in the past and present . Volume 14, Kassel, Basel, Paris, London, New York 1968, Col. 751-753
• Arved Hartung: The pedigree of Peter Laurentius Wockenfuß. In: Ostpommersche Heimat supplement to the newspaper for East Pomerania. No. 8, 1937
• W. Orthmann: PL Wockenfuß. A cantor to St. Nicolai in Kiel v. 1708-21. In: Schleswig-Holstein school newspaper. 85, 1937
• Th. Voss: Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss. Cantor at St. Nicolai in Kiel from 1708 to 1721. The man and his work in the light of Schleswig-Holstein's cultural history. In: Communications from the Society for Kiel City History. Kiel 1926