Samuel Rühling

Samuel Rühling (* around 1586 in Groitzsch ; † June 1626 in Dresden ) was a German Kreuzkantor and theologian.

Life

Rühling studied from 1601 to 1606 at the Princely School in Grimma . He then went to the University of Leipzig to study theology, among other things . Here he received his doctorate until 1610. He then became cantor at the Paulinerkirche University Church in Leipzig and was active as Kreuzkantor at the Kreuzkirche in Dresden from 1612 to 1615 . In September 1615 he became a deacon and five years later archdeacon of the Kreuzkirche.

Rühling's eight- and nine-part motets in polyphonic style have come down to us. He was also Poeta laureatus since the beginning of the 17th century .

Works

• Novus elector Johannes Georgius Lipsiam ingressus salutatur (Festschrift on Johann Georg I , Elector of Things; 1611)
• Hezekiah querulus at the burying of Me. Lehmanni (funeral sermon Michael Lehmann; 1618)
• Mass sermon at the funeral of Hn. Gabr. Voigts (funeral sermon Gabriel Voigt; 1622)
• The noble art of dying Simeonis at the funeral funeral of Fr. Annen of Matth. Kaphan's widows (funeral sermon Anna Kaphan; 1625)
• Succus propheticus, that is XXV, unread key sayings from the prophets explained in sermons (1625, 5th ed. 1653)
• Six Christian high festival sermons, on Christmas Eve, Easter and Whitsun, held in the Creutzkirchen in Dresden, and given to many pious Christians for consolation in print (1628)

literature

• Hans Joachim Moser (Ed.): Make the gates wide. Eight-part motet by Samuel Rühlig . Score. Peters, Leipzig 1952.
• Ulrich von Brück (Ed.): Credo musicale. Composer portraits from the programs of the Dresden Kreuzchor. Ceremony for the 80th birthday of Rudolf Mauersberger . Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1969, p. 21.
• Alfred Baumgartner: Baroque Music . Kiesel, Salzburg 1981, p. 150.
• Rühling, Samuel . In: Friedrich Blume, Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present. General encyclopedia of music . Volume 14. Bärenreiter, Basel 2005, p. 177.

Web links

• Works by and about Samuel Rühling in the catalog of the German National Library