Severus Gastorius

Severus Gastorius ( Latinized from Ernst Bauchspieß ; * 1646 in Oettern ; buried May 8, 1682 in Jena ) was a German cantor and composer.

Life

After attending the Latin school in Weimar, where his father Johann worked as a teacher from 1647, Gastorius studied at the University of Jena from 1667 . In 1670 he became the representative and in 1677 of the Jena cantor Andreas Zöll, whom he succeeded in 1677. He had previously married Zöll's daughter Barbara Catharina (* 1655) in 1671.

Works

Gastorius was friends with Samuel Rodigast , then adjunct at the University of Jena. In 1675, while Gastorius was seriously ill, Rodigast is said to have written the text to What God does, that is done well , in order to comfort him or as a song for the funeral . Gastorius is said to have composed the melody himself; however, both are controversial in research. The text was first printed in 1676 in a Hanoverian hymn book . The song was used by Johann Sebastian Bach in four cantatas (including BWV 98 , BWV 99 , BWV 100 ). It is also included in the current hymn books in the German-speaking area ( EG 372, GL 416).

Funeral motets have also come down to us from Gastorius, including for the funeral of the medical professor Johann Arnold Friderici in 1672.

literature

Walter Opp: Gastorius, Severus . In: Wolfgang Herbst (Ed.): Who is who in the hymnal? . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-50323-7 , pp. 104-105 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Markus Rathey, Walter Blankenburg: Gastorius, Severus. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 7 (Franco - Gretry). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1117-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

Individual evidence

↑ Reinhard Görisch, Andreas Marti: 372 - What God does is well done . In: Wolfgang Herbst , Ilsabe Seibt (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch . No. 16 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-50302-7 , pp. 44–51 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Cf. Arne zur Nieden: Severus Gastorius (1674-1698). But you go there bit the end come - music in funeral sermons. In: Life in funeral sermons 12/2009, ed. from the research center for personal fonts.

personal data
SURNAME	Gastorius, Severus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Belly spit, Ernst (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cantor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	1646
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oetter
DATE OF DEATH	buried May 8, 1682
Place of death	Jena

[1] Reinhard Görisch, Andreas Marti: 372 - What God does is well done . In: Wolfgang Herbst , Ilsabe Seibt (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch . No. 16 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-50302-7 , pp. 44–51 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[2] Cf. Arne zur Nieden: Severus Gastorius (1674-1698). But you go there bit the end come - music in funeral sermons. In: Life in funeral sermons 12/2009, ed. from the research center for personal fonts.