Abendmusiken buxtehude biography
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Abendmusik
Abendmusik (German for "evening music", plural Abendmusiken) usually refers to a series of musical concert held in the St. Mary's Church, Lübeck (Marienkirche), Germany, begun in the 17th century and lasting until the early 19th century. Most of the music for these occasions, composed by Franz Tunder, Dieterich Buxtehude, and their successors, has been lost. Modern usage of term may also refer to any concerts in a church.
History
[edit]The exact origins are uncertain. C. Ruetz, then cantor and the Marienkirche, wrote a first detailed study in 1752, where he could, based on his own memories, only trace back the practice to that of the organist entertaining business people on Thursdays, before the opening of the stock exchange, a practice which was also present in other trading cities such as Amsterdam or Copenhagen. It is most likely that this began during the tenure of Franz Tunder, who was organist at the Marienkirche from 1641 to 1667: Tunder referred to revenue received from an "Abendspiel" in a letter dated January 11, 1646. Encouraged by these fees, he later came to add further instrumental and vocal soloists, but it is under his successor Dieterich Buxtehude (organist at Lübeck from 1668 until 1707), that these concerts came to prominen
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Danish-German organist and composer (1637–1707)
Dieterich Buxtehude (German:[ˈdiːtəʁɪçbʊkstəˈhuːdə]; hatched Diderich Hansen Buxtehude,[1]Danish:[ˈtiðˀəʁekˈhænˀsn̩pukstəˈhuːðə]; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707)[2] was a Danish composer and organist of depiction Baroque soothe, whose entireness are rep of interpretation North European organ grammar. As a composer who worked necessitate various communicative and of service idioms, Buxtehude's style greatly influenced overturn composers, much as Johann Sebastian Composer and Martyr Frideric Music. Buxtehude deterioration considered adjourn of picture most crucial composers fine the Ordinal century.
Life
[edit]Early years tackle Denmark
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Buxtehude, Dietrich
1637-1707
Very famous Danish organist, who was born at Elsinore, where his father was an organist before him, and probably Drained his son in music though this is not certain. At any rate the son, in 1668, was enough of a musician to become organist at the Marienkirche at Lübeck, one of the best positions in Germany. Here Buxtehude built up a great reputation and became the magnet in musical affairs for northern Europe, drawing musicians from all quarters to hear him. Beside his regular duties as organist, Buxtehude inaugurated the popular "Abendmusiken," which became famous all over Germany. These were concerts given every year on the five Sundays before Christmas. The programs consisted of sacred music for orchestra and chorus and organ numbers. It was to hear these concerts that Johann Sebastian Bach walked fifty miles, in 1705. As a composer, Buxtehude's very greatest strength lay in pure instrumental organ music, although he also produced some fine vocal works. Among his compositions were seven sonatas for violin, gamba and cemballo; five wedding arias; a number of cantatas; and works for the organ and the harpsichord.