William Young (composer)
William Young (* around 1610; † April 23, 1662 in Innsbruck ) was an English viol player and composer.
Life
Little is known about Young's career and life in England. From this period there are copies of some of his works for lyre-viol, which are related to Durham Cathedral . He spent the last years of his life, from 1652 at the latest, in Innsbruck, at the court of the music-loving Archduke Ferdinand Karl . The Innsbruck archive shows that Young with the court conductor Cesti before Emperor Ferdinand III. made music in Regensburg . The Engellendische Musicant received 100 ducats for this. In 1660 Young traveled to England for a short time. His death is recorded in the church records of Sankt Jakob zu Innsbruck on April 23, 1662.
The only surviving print is his collection of 21 sonatas of 3, 4 and 5 from the publisher Wagner in Innsbruck in 1653. These sonatas contain stylistic elements from many European countries. With these prints, the continental style came to England, where it can be found in some works by Matthew Locke and in those of Locke's pupil Henry Purcell .
literature
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Young, William. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Web links
- Works by and about William Young in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by William Young in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Curriculum vitae on the website Musikland Tirol, Institute for Tyrolean Music Research
- ^ Robert Eitner: Biographical-bibliographical source-lexicon of musicians and music scholars (1904) p. 315
- ↑ The music in past and present , 2nd edition Vol. 16, Sp. 1262–1263
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Young, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer and viol player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1610 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1662 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |