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 Johann Friedrich Agricola (4 January 1720 – 2 December 1774) was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Flavio Anicio Olibrio. Biography Agricola was born in Dobitschen, Thu ...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

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 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800) was a German composer and harpsichordist. Born in Zerbst, he was the son of the composer Johann Friedrich Fasch. He was initially taught by his father. In 1756 he began service at the court of Frederic ...

Johann Gottlieb Graun Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702/1703 – 28 October 1771) was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist, born in Wahrenbrück. His brother Carl Heinrich was a singer and also a composer, and is the better known of the two. Johann Gottlieb ...

Carl Heinrich Graun Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time. Biography Graun was born in Wahrenbrüc ...

, Johann Philipp Kirnberger,

Christian Gottfried Krause Christian Gottfried Krause (17 April 1717 – 4 May 1770) was a German lawyer, composer and music commentator. Life Krause was born in Winzig (today Wińsko, Poland) into a musical family. His father was a Stadtpfeifer from whom he learned to p ...

, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg,

Christoph Nichelmann Christoph Nichelmann (13 August 1717 – 20 July 1762) was a German composer and harpsichordist. He was second keyboard player in the Royal Ensemble of Frederick the Great. Biography Born in Treuenbrietzen, from 1730 on the advice of a relative ...

and Johann Joachim Quantz.

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

In 1755 Birnstiel published

Karl Wilhelm Ramler Karl Wilhelm Ramler (25 February 1725 – 11 April 1798) was a German poet, Berlin Cadet School master. Ramler was born in Kolberg. After graduating from the University of Halle, he went to Berlin, where, in 1748, he was appointed professo ...

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 In Christian music, a Passion is a setting of the Passion of Christ. Liturgically, most Passions were intended to be performed as part of church services in the Holy Week. Passion settings developed from Medieval intoned readings of the Gospe ...

was published five years later by

Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (Leipzig, 23 November 1719 – 28 January 1794, Leipzig) was a German music publisher and typographer. Biography Breitkopf was the son of the publisher Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, founder of the publishing hous ...

''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)
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website. * Vol. 2 (instalments 9–16, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 2te Sammlung (1761)
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website. * Vol. 3 (instalments 17–24, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 3te Sammlung (1761)
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website. * Vol. 4 (instalments 25–32, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 4te Sammlung (1761)
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website. * Vol. 5 (instalments 33–40, 1761)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 5te Sammlung (1761)
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website. * Vol. 6 (instalments 41–45, 1761, and instalments 46–48, 1762)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 6te Sammlung (1761 - 1762)
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website. * Vol. 7 (instalments 49–56, 1762)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 7te Sammlung (1762)
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website. * Vol. 8 (instalments 57–64, 1763)Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 8te Sammlung (1763)
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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,

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 ...

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Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (13 January 1690 in – 27 November 1749 in Gotha) was a prolific German composer of the Baroque era. Stölzel was an accomplished German stylist who wrote a good many of the poetic texts for his vocal works. Biogra ...

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 ...

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''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 harmonisation A Lutheran chorale is a musical setting of a Lutheran hymn, intended to be sung by a congregation in a German Protestant Church service. The typical four-part setting of a chorale, in which the sopranos (and the congregation) sing the melody al ...

s, most of them by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

. 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 Jakob Adlung, or Adelung, (14 January 1699 – 5 July 1762) was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, composer and music theorist. Biography He was born in Bindersleben, near Erfurt, to David Adlung, an organist and his f ...

'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
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