Friedrich Wilhelm Birnstiel was an 18th-century German music publisher known for publishing two volumes of four-part chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1760s., ''Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesänge, gesammlet von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach''.

Publications

Friedrich Wilhelm Birnstiel was active as a publisher and editor of music between 1753 and 1782.

''Oden mit Melodien''

''Oden mit Melodien'' (odes with melodies) was published in two volumes: * Vol. 1 (1753, reprinted 1761) * Vol. 2 (1755) The volumes contained works by Johann Friedrich Agricola, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach,

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical period (music), Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After living in Italy for ...

, Franz Benda, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Christian Gottfried Krause, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Christoph Nichelmann and Johann Joachim Quantz.

Libretto of Graun's ''Der Tod Jesu'' cantata

In 1755 Birnstiel published Karl Wilhelm Ramler's

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

of Carl Heinrich Graun's cantata '' Der Tod Jesu''. The music of this Passion setting was published five years later by Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf.

''Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst''

The (critical letters about musical composition) were published from 1759 to 1764, edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, who was also the author of most of the letters in this collection. They were published in three volumes: * Vol. 1, in four parts (letters 1–64, 1760). * Vol. 2, in four parts (letters 65–128, 1763). * Vol. 3, one part (letters 129–143, 1764). Marpurg-Birnstiel-Kritische-Briefe-über-Tonkunst-I-1759-page-215.jpeg, Vol. I (1760), p. 215 (28th letter, 1759, start) Marpurg-Birnstiel-Kritische-Briefe-über-Tonkunst-I-1759-page-220.jpeg, Vol. I (1760), p. 220 (28th letter, 1759, end) Marpurg-Birnstiel-Kritische-Briefe-über-Tonkunst-I-iv-title.jpeg, Vol. I (1760), title page of part IV (between pp. 380 and 381).

''Musikalisches Allerley''

''Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern'' (musical miscellaneous by various composers): * Vol. 1 (instalments 1–6, 1760, and instalment 7, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 1ste Sammlung (1760 - 1761)
at University of Bonn website. * Vol. 2 (instalments 9–16, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 2te Sammlung (1761)
at University of Bonn website. * Vol. 3 (instalments 17–24, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 3te Sammlung (1761)
at University of Bonn website. * Vol. 4 (instalments 25–32, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 4te Sammlung (1761)
at University of Bonn website. * Vol. 5 (instalments 33–40, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 5te Sammlung (1761)
at University of Bonn website. * Vol. 6 (instalments 41–45, 1761, and instalments 46–48, 1762)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 6te Sammlung (1761 - 1762)
at University of Bonn website. * Vol. 7 (instalments 49–56, 1762)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 7te Sammlung (1762)
at University of Bonn website. * Vol. 8 (instalments 57–64, 1763)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 8te Sammlung (1763)
at University of Bonn website. * Vol. 9 (instalments 65–72, 1763), ''Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern'', 9te Sammlung Contains compositions by, among others, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, , Jean-François Dandrieu, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Carl Heinrich Graun,

August Bernhard Valentin Herbing August Bernhard Valentin Herbing (9 March 1735 in Halberstadt - 26 February 1766 in Magdeburg) was a German organist and composer. Life Son of Johann Georg Herbing (1698–1783), who was his first teacher. In 1755 he was assistant organist of the c ...

Johann Gottlieb Janitsch Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (19 June 1708 – 1762) was a German Baroque composer who wrote in the galant style, transitional between the Baroque and Classical periods. Life Janitsch was born in Schweidnitz, Silesia (today Świdnica, Poland). ...

, Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Christian Gottfried Krause, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Christoph Nichelmann, Johann Joachim Quantz,

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of Fr ...

Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt (5 January 1710 – 5 January 1783) was a German flautist, composer and music theorist of the Baroque period. Life Riedt was born in Berlin to English-born parents. His birth date is sometimes given as 24 January 1712. H ...

Johann Heinrich Rolle Johann Heinrich Rolle (23 December 1716 – 29 December 1785) was a German Baroque music, baroque composer. Rolle was born in Quedlinburg. His father was a musician in Magdeburg, and in his early years Rolle served there as an organist while stu ...

, , , Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel,

Georg Christoph Wagenseil Georg Christoph Wagenseil (29 January 1715 – 1 March 1777) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Vienna, and became a favorite pupil of the Vienna court's Kapellmeister, Johann Joseph Fux. Wagenseil himself composed for the court from 1 ...

, .

''Johann Philipp Kirnbergers Clavierübungen mit der Bachischen Applicatur''

''Johann Philipp Kirnbergers Clavierübungen mit der Bachischen Applicatur'' were published in four volumes from 1761 to 1766: * Vol. 1 (1761). * Vol. 2 (1762). * Vol. 3 (1763). * Vol. 4 (1766).

Descriptions of painting collections

Descriptions of painting collections, both published in 1763: * ''Beschreibung des Cabinets von Gemählden verschiedener berühmten Mahler des Herrn Johann Gottlieb Stein'' (description of Johann Gottlieb Stein's cabinet of paintings by various famous painters), with an introduction by . * ''Des Herrn Daniel Stenglin in Hamburg Sammlung von italienischen, holländischen und deutschen Gemählden'' by Matthias Oesterreich.

Kirnberger's ''Construction der gleichschwebenden Temperatur''

Kirnberger's ''Construction der gleichschwebenden Temperatur'' was published in 1764.

''Kleine Sing- und Spielstücke fürs Clavier''

The ''Kleine Sing- und Spielstücke fürs Clavier von verschiedenen Meistern'' volumes contained mostly material that had already been published before, for instance as examples in Marpurg's ''Kritische Briefe'': * Vol. 1 (1764) * Vol. 2 (1764) * Vol. 3 (1766)

''Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesänge''

The first volume of ''Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesänge'' was published in 1765, and the second volume in 1769. Each volume contained 100 chorale harmonisations, most of them by Johann Sebastian Bach. Title-Bach-four-part-chorales-Birnstiel-CPE-Bach-Cortot-Berlin-1765.jpg, Vol. 1 (1765), title page Preface1-Bach-four-part-chorales-Birnstiel-CPE-Bach-Cortot-Berlin-1765.jpg, Vol. 1 (1765), C. P. E. Bach's Preface (start) Preface2-Bach-four-part-chorales-Birnstiel-CPE-Bach-Cortot-Berlin-1765.jpg, Vol. 1 (1765), C. P. E. Bach's Preface (end) An-Wasserflüssen-Babylon-Birnstiel-CPE-Bach-Cortot-Berlin-1765.jpg, Vol. 1 (1765), p. 3, containing BWV 267 by J. S. Bach and

BWV Anh. 203 In the period following Johann Sebastian Bach's death in 1750, apart from the publication of ''The Art of Fugue'' in the early 1750s, the only further publications prior to the 1790s were the settings of Bach's four-part chorales. In 1758 Friedric ...

by D. Vetter.

Adlung's ''Musica mechanica organoedi'' and ''Musikalisches Siebengestirn''

Jakob Adlung's ''Musica mechanica organoedi'' and ''Musikalisches Siebengestirn'' were published in 1768.

''Berlinisches litterarisches Wochenblatt''

Editions of the ''Berlinisches litterarisches Wochenblatt'' (Berlin literary weekly) were grouped in volumes: * 1776, 2 volumes. * 1777, 2 volumes.

Müller's ''Drey Sonaten'' for keyboard duet

''Drey Sonaten, fürs Clavier: als Doppelstücke für zwo Personen mit vier Händen'' by was published in 1782.Drey Sonaten, fürs Clavier: als Doppelstücke für zwo Personen mit vier Händen
at Munich Digitization Center website.

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