Tobias Michael

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Tobias Michael (* June 13 . Jul / 23. June  1592 greg. In Dresden , † June 26 jul. / 6. July  1657 greg. In Leipzig ) was a German composer and choirmaster .

Live and act

Michael’s entry in the album Amicorum by Burchard Großmann, 1625

The son of the Franco-Flemish composer Rogier Michael (1552–1619) and brother of the organists Christian Michael (around 1593–1637) and Samuel (around 1597–1632) had been a band singer at the Dresden court since 1601 . After attending Schulpforta from 1609 , Tobias Michael studied theology in Leipzig and Wittenberg . In 1619 he became conductor of the princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in the Trinity Church in Sondershausen. After a devastating city fire in 1621, which also completely destroyed the church, Michael got a job as city clerk.

In 1631 he became the successor of Johann Hermann Schein Thomaskantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig . His successor there was Sebastian Knüpfer in 1657 .

Two volumes of motets and sacred concerts by Michael have come down to us under the title "Musikalische Seelenlust" (1634–1637) as well as six- to eight-part occasional works (mostly concert motets for weddings and funerals). The style corresponded to the Venetian School, which was widespread in Germany at the time .

Tobias Michael composed the motet for his own funeral several years before his death.

literature

  • Moriz Fürstenau:  Michael, Rogier . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 674-676. (mentioned there)
  • Horst Leuchtmann:  Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 422 f. ( Digitized version ). (Family item)
  • Martin Geier (Ed.): Delicious Aqua vitae or water of life ... from Joh 3, 13.14. Köler, Leipzig 1657. [funeral sermon]
  • Emil Kneschke: On the history of theater and music in Leipzig . Fleischer, Leipzig 1864, p. 166.
  • Friedrich Lampadius: The cantors of the St. Thomas School in Leipzig. A biographical memorial dedicated to German sound engineers . Steffen, Leipzig 1902, p. 17f.
  • Arnold Schering : Leipzig's music history in three volumes. Second volume: from 1650 to 1723. Kistner & Siegel, Leipzig 1926.
  • Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music. The composers. A lexicon in five volumes, fourth volume: Mendelsohn - Sarti . Ed. Edition, Propylaen, Berlin / Frankfurt am Main 1989, p. 40.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian thoughts on the arduous curriculum vitaef Hn. Tobias Michael, Chori Musici Directoris all here, which he set 5th with his own hand several years before his blissful death, and desires to make music at his funeral, which happened on June 30th 1657 . Hahn, Leipzig 1657

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personal data
SURNAME Michael, Tobias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and Thomas Cantor
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1592
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1657
Place of death Leipzig