Werner Fabricius

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Werner Fabricius 1671

Werner Fabricius (born April 10, 1633 in Itzehoe , † January 9, 1679 in Leipzig ) was a German organist , organ expert and composer .

Life

Werner Fabricius was the son of Itzehoe organist Albert Fabricius, who shortly after his birth took a job in Flensburg, where Werner Fabricius attended school. He received music lessons from his father and from the school cantor Paul Moth. At a young age he played successfully for King Christian IV. Thomas Selle arranged for the admission to the Johanneum in Hamburg, where he had lessons with Selle and Heinrich Scheidemann as a student and member of the choir . From 1650 he moved to Leipzig, where he studied law and then also worked as a lawyer, but continued his musical activities in parallel, so from 1658 he was organist at the Nikolaikirche and also music director at the Paulinerkirche . In 1656 he became the first music director of the University of Leipzig and remained so until his death. Fabricius enjoyed a reputation beyond Leipzig as an organist and organ expert. As such, in 1675 he published a handbook for organ builders, teaching how to examine an organ work, whether it is good and consistent, after all pieces, inside and out, and try as much as possible , a reprint appeared in Frankfurt and Leipzig in 1756.

Under the title Deliciae harmonicae, or Musical Minds Complement ... he created some five-part suites , in addition he composed sacred vocal music and other small works. The theologian and scholar Johann Albert Fabricius is his son.

Works

  • 1656, Deliciae harmonicae or musical delight, with all kinds of paduans, alemands, courants, ballets, sarabands of 5 voices , with basso continuo, violas and other instruments.
  • 1659, EC Homburgs Geistlicher Lieder [100] first part , for two voices and bc
  • 1662, sacred arias, dialogues, and concerts [...] , 4–6 and 8 voices with bc
  • 1656, Mourning Consolation Taking , Ode
  • 1663, Passionale melicum
  • 1665, Motetti e concerti
  • 1676, Crüger's praxis pietatis melica
  • 1676, Nuremberg hymn book
  • 1679, clerical harp sound
  • 1683, musical foretaste
  • 1686, Lüneburg hymn book
  • 1687, The Great Cantional or Church Hymnbook
  • 1692, Choral Hymnal
  • 1693, Meiningen Hymnal (3rd edition)
  • 1699, Darmstadt hymn book
  • 1702, sacred chants
  • 1738, King's harmonious song treasure trove
  • without date, short preambula before incipients by all claves manualiter and pedaliter adding

Fonts

  • Manuductio to General Bass consisting of lots of examples (Leipzig, 1675, copy of the manuscript, Newberry Library)
  • Werneri Fabrici [...] instruction on how to examine a new organ work, whether it is good and consistent, after all pieces, inside and out, and to try out as much as possible

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Leipzig: Leipzig University Music ( Memento from April 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), March 22, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Fabricius, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1633
PLACE OF BIRTH Itzehoe
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1679
Place of death Leipzig