Sebastian Ochsenkun

Sebastian Ochsenkun , also Sebastian Ochsenkhun (born February 6, 1521 in Nuremberg , † August 20, 1574 in Heidelberg ), was a German lutenist and composer.

Life

Sebastian was the son of the Nuremberg instrument maker and barber Jörg Ochsenkun.

He was a lute player for Count Palatine Ottheinrich zu Pfalz-Neuburg and in 1544 went to the Electoral Palatinate court in Heidelberg as lute master . In 1556, when Ottheinrich came to power in Heidelberg, Ochsenkun brought out a collection of songs and motets, Tabulaturbuch auff die Lauten ( German lute tablature ), which was published in Heidelberg in 1558 and, in addition to his own works, also contains arrangements of other people's compositions.

Sebastian Ochsenkun's sons Friedrich and Christoph Hartmann were students at Heidelberg University .

Works

Sebastian Ochsenkun, from the tablature book auff die Lauten, 1558

Tablature book on the lutes […]. Through Sebastian Ochsenkhun […] . Johann Khol, Heidelberg 1558 (Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe). Facsimile: Tree-Edition, Munich 2002, DNB 358610796 ( digitized at Wikimedia ).

literature

Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music - the composers . A lexicon in five volumes. tape 4 . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 191 .
Stephen A. Bergquest: Four Centuries of String Players in Portrait Prints . In: Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography . 44, No. 1-2, 2019, ISSN 1522-7464 , pp. 181-202.
Kurt Dorfmüller: Ochsenkun (Ochsenkhun), Sebastian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 414 f. ( Digitized version ).
Robert Eitner : Ochsenkhun, Sebastian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 144 f.
Johannes Klier: "Have God for eyes". Sebastian Ochsenkun (1521–1574). In: Guitar & Laute , 2, 1980, No. 1, pp. 34-40.

Web links

Commons : Sebastian Ochsenkhun - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by and about Sebastian Ochsenkun in the catalog of the German National Library
Publications by and about Sebastian Ochsenkun in VD 16 .
Sebastian Ochsenkun in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

personal data
SURNAME	Ochsenkun, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ochsenkuhn, Sebastian; Ochsenkhun, Sebastian; Ochsenkum, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lutenist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1521
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	August 20, 1574
Place of death	Heidelberg