Philipp Friedrich Buchner

Cathedral cloister in Würzburg, grave slab by Philipp Friedrich Buchner

Philipp Friedrich Buchner (born September 11, 1614 in Wertheim , † March 23, 1669 in Würzburg ) was a German composer of the early Baroque .

Life

Philipp Friedrich Buchner attended the school in Wertheim, where the students performed the soprano voices for the choir , the cantor was his grandfather, Magister Huldrich Buchmann. From 1625 to 1627 Buchner was a singing boy in the choir of the Barfüßerkirche in Frankfurt am Main under Johann Andreas Herbst . In 1634 he became an organist there . In 1636 his father Friedrich Buchner took over the position of organist and Philipp Friedrich traveled to Poland where he became a musician with Prince Stanisław Lubomirski from 1637 . In Poland he converted to Catholicism . In 1641 he traveled to Italy, where he commissioned two prints in Venice. In Venice he may have come into contact with musicians from Claudio Monteverdi's circle . In 1648 he became Kapellmeister of Bishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn in Würzburg . Buchner followed this to Mainz . In 1661 he published the bishop's German hymn books and was involved in the reprinting of the Mainz choir books from 1666. His other work contained numerous vocal and also some instrumental compositions that were considered novel in the Rhine-Main area for the time.

His grave slab is preserved in the cathedral cloister in Würzburg . It bears the following Latin inscription:

"Sta viator et audi! Werthemium in Franconia mihi vitam dedit, sed rudem, qua arte musica polivit Francofortum, et fide catholica illustravit Polonia. In fide et arte Gallia me exercuit, perfecit Italia, reducem Herbipolis et Moguntia probavit. Quis fuerim, quis et ubi sim, rogas? Audi! Philippus Fridericus Buchner, Archiepiscopalis Electoralis Moguntiae et Episcopalis Ducalis Herbipoli, capellae fui magister annos XX, summis et infimis charus. In pulverem, de quo sumptus X. Sept. A. MDCXIV, reversus XXIII. Mar. Anno MDCLXIX, sub vicino cespite quiesco reliqua intelliges, quando conveniemus interim pro me precare et ita vive, ut conveniamus in coelis. "

(Translation: "Stand wanderer and listen! Wertheim in Franconia gave me life, but not education. Frankfurt ennobled it through the art of music, Poland enlightened it through the Catholic faith. In faith and in art, France practiced me, Italy perfected me. Würzburg and Mainz appreciated those who came home. Who I was, who and where I am, you ask? So listen! I was Philipp Friedrich Buchner, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz and Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Kapellmeister, twenty For years, worth high and low. To the dust from which I was taken on September 10, 1614, I returned on March 23, 1669 and rest under the nearby hill. You will find out the rest when we meet again. Meanwhile, pray for me and live so that we can meet again in heaven. ")

Work (selection)

• Concerti ecclesiastici 2-5 voci op.1 (Venice, 1642)
• Concerti ecclesiastici 2-5 voci op.2 (Venice, 1644)
• Sacranum Cantionum 2-5 voci op.3 (Konstanz, 1656)
• 24 sonatas Plectrum musicum op.4 , for 2 violins, viola, viola da gamba, bassoon and bc (Frankfurt, 1662)
• 12 Sonatas Harmonia instrumentalis op.5, for 2 violins, bassoon and bc (Würzburg, 1664)

Revisions

• Martin Jira: Single edition of the Plectrum musicum collection
• Martin Jira: Editions of the collection op.1 Concerti ecclesiastici
• Martin Jira: Editions of the collection op.2 Concerti ecclesiastici
• Martin Jira: Editions of the Sacrarum Cantionum collection op.3 (planned)
• Martin Jira: Editions of the Harmonia instrumentalis collection op.5

literature

• Adam Gottron:  Buchner, Philipp Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 708 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ The music in past and present , 2nd edition, Volume 3, Column 1193-1194
2. ^ Alessandro Bares : Edition of the Plectrum musicum collection
3. ↑ Alessandro Bares: Edition of the Harmonia instrumentalis collection