Philipp Jakob Baudrexel

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Philipp Jakob Baudrexel (born May 2, 1627 in Füssen , † March 28, 1691 in Mainz ) was a German theologian , composer and court and cathedral music director .

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He was born as the son of a Latin school teacher in Füssen / Allgäu. Supported by influential patrons, he began his studies at the Germanicum in Rome in 1644 , where, in addition to studying theology, he devoted himself extensively to musical training with the Kollegiatskapellmeister Giacomo Carissimi .

After completing his doctorate, he initially held a position as canon at Augsburg Cathedral from 1651, before becoming parish priest and dean in Kaufbeuren in 1654. There he also took over the direction of the choir of the St. Martins Church, whereby the growing reputation of Kaufbeuren church music under his direction also led to invitations to make music in the nearby Swabian area. His first work, the "Primitae deo et Agno coelestis", printed in 1664 by Michael Wagner in Innsbruck, bears witness to his style of writing geared towards local musical practice: a collection of two five- to eight-part masses, Te Deum and Requien , as well as motet hymns , instrumentally supported by two violins and figured bass . The only complete printing of the part books is in the Paris Bibliotheque nationale .

Due to his growing reputation, he was able to have his "Psalmi vespertini" printed in the royal office in Kempten in 1668 . This collection is a modular system of multi-choir psalms for Marian, Sunday and Holy Vespers, which can be put together with appropriate antiphons and hymns for the respective occasion. The vocal soloists are the main bearers of the action, choir and instruments, mostly two violins, figured bass and wind instruments as the crown of sound, marking the frame parts, with the second choir often set " ad libitum ". The dedications of the "Psalmi" to influential canons in Passau and Salzburg make it likely that his works will be performed in the centers of southern German church music.

However, in 1672, worn down by the clashes with the strongly Protestant Kaufbeuren city council, Baudrexel moved to the service of the Prince Abbot of Kempten and Fulda, Margrave Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach . There is little left in the archives about his work in Fulda apart from rent chamber bills for music prints.

After the death of his Fulda employer, Baudrexel moved to Mainz in 1678, first as a page steward and court chaplain, then as court and later cathedral chapel master of the elector and archbishop Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg to Mainz , where he also set up figural music. The translation of the "Ars cantandi" by his teacher Carissimi probably falls during this period. This is an elementary doctrine of mutation and proportion for singing students, which appeared together with the second edition of the "Wegweiser", a figured bass and organ school, one year after his death on March 28, 1691 in Augsburg.

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SURNAME Baudrexel, Philipp Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH Füssen , Ostallgäu
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1691
Place of death augsburg