Wolfgang Carl Briegel

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Wolfgang Carl Briegel

Wolfgang Carl Briegel (born May 21, 1626 in Königsberg , Lower Franconia , † November 19, 1712 in Darmstadt ) was a German composer .

Life

Briegel was born in Konigsberg, Franconia, in 1626 as the son of a pharmacist. The family fled to Nuremberg in March 1632 as the town was occupied by the Tilly troops . In 1636 he was accepted into the main choir of the Frauenkirche in Nuremberg because of his beautiful soprano voice . He studied four semesters in Altdorf near Nuremberg and was a student of Johann Staden and Johann Erasmus Kindermann . In 1645 Briegel became organist at the Johanniskirche in Schweinfurt and was already writing his first compositions. In 1651 he was appointed court choirmaster in Gotha by Duke Ernst the Pious and later became court conductor and music teacher for the duke's children. In 1671 Elisabeth Dorothea , his best pupil and eldest daughter of the duke, appointed him as court conductor to Darmstadt. From 1680 Briegel lived in a house in the suburbs in the Birngarten. In addition to extensive works, he created numerous simple pieces of music for use in church music practice. With his son-in-law Henning Müller, he published “Das große Cantional”, which put church chant on a binding basis in Hesse. After successful work, he was replaced by Christoph Graupner in 1709 and retired. He died in November 1712 and was buried next to the town chapel.

Briegel wrote a number of works of sacred choral music , musical plays and instrumental suites.

Honors

  • In 1963, the Briegelweg in Darmstadt was named after him.
  • There is a commemorative plaque on the northeastern edge of Karolinenplatz in Darmstadt between the former State Theater and the Technical University.

Works

Stage works

  • From the liberal arts , ballet, July 2, 1661, Gotha
  • Musical wish for joy , ballet, October 1, 1665, Gotha
  • Wedding ballet , December 5, 1666, Gotha
  • The ghost in love , opera, 1673, Darmstadt
  • Triumphant victory game of true love (Comédie, J. Mylius), June 8th 1673, Darmstadt
  • The revised Paris judgment , Opéra-Ballet, January 6, 1674, Darmstadt
  • The congratulated majority of the Prince , June 22nd 1676, Darmstadt
  • Quadriga activa , festival piece, January 25, 1677
  • Welcome spring joy , ballet, May 6, 1683
  • The bond of constant friendship , Singspiel, May 8, 1683, Darmstadt
  • Wisdom that wins , January 8, 1686
  • True Peace of Mind or Crowned Eustathia , tragic comedy, May 1686, Darmstadt
  • The Triumphant Virtue , Opéra-Ballet, July 29, 1686, Darmstadt
  • L'enchantement de Medée , ballet, November 11, 1688, Darmstadt
  • Talk of Virtues , allegorical comedy, November 19, 1700
  • further ballets and incidental music, 1683, 1687, 1700, 1705

Cantatas

  • Evangelical Conversation I – III, 5–10 voices ( Mühlhausen and Darmstadt, 1660–81)
  • Evangelical flower garden I – IV, 4 parts, B. c. (Gotha, 1660–69)
  • JS Kriegmanns Evangelisches Hosianna , 1–5 voices, instruments, B. c. ( Frankfurt , 1677)
  • Musical source of consolation , 4 voices, 2/4 violins, B. c. (Darmstadt, 1679)
  • Musical fountain of life , 4 voices, 4 instruments, B. c. (Darmstadt, 1680)
  • Christian Rehefeld's Protestant palm branch , 1–5 voices, 2–5 instruments, B. c. (Frankfurt, 1684)
  • JG Braunens, Cithara Davido-Evangelica , 4 voices, 2 violins, B. c. ( Giessen , 1685)
  • Concentus apostolico-musicus , 3/4 voices, 2 violins, B. c. (Giessen, 1697)
  • other unpublished works

Church vocal music

  • Psalter of David , part I, 4 parts (Gotha, 1654)
  • Sacred musical rose garden , 1–5 voices, instruments (Gotha, 1658)
  • Sacred arias , part I, 1, 2 parts, 2 and more violins, B. c. (Gotha, 1660)
  • Sacred arias , part II, 1, 2 parts, 2 and more violins, B. c. (Mühlhausen, 1661)
  • The spurned vanity (songs after Johann Rist ) (Gotha, 1669), lost
  • Spiritual odes Andreae Gryphii , 1/2 violins, B. c. (Gotha, 1670)
  • Twelve madrigal consolation songs , 5/6 violins (Gotha, 1670–71)
  • Spiritual Conversations and Psalms , 6 voices, B. c. (Gotha, 1674)
  • The great cantional or church hymn book (Darmstadt, 1687)
  • The king and prophet David's seven penitential psalms , 6/4 voices, 2 violins, B. c. (Gotha, 1692)
  • Last swan song , 4/5 voices, B. c. ad libitum (Giessen, 1709)
  • Ten wedding and funeral songs , 2–6 voices, instruments (Gotha, 1653–70)
  • One funeral song , 4 voices (Darmstadt, 1678)
  • Three funeral songs , 5 voices (not printed, 1664–79)
  • other occasional compositions in collections

Instrumental works

  • 10 paduans, 10 gallions, 10 ballets, 10 courants , a 3, 4 ( Erfurt , 1652)
  • Intrades, Sonatas , a 4, 5 (Leipzig and Erfurt, 1669)
  • Allemanden and Couranten (Jena, 1664)
  • Musical confectionery , 4 voices, 2 violins, B. c. (Frankfurt, 1672)
  • Musical refreshment lessons , 4 voices, string instruments, B. c. (Darmstadt, 1679); lost
  • Organ works in manuscript, D-Dl; Eight fugues through the church tones

literature

Web links

Commemorative plaque on the site of the home of Wolfgang Carl Briegel, Georg Joseph Vogler and Giacomo Meyerbeer in Darmstadt, Karolinenplatz