Heinrich Faber (before 1500 – 26 February 1552)
was a German
music theorist
Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the " rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (k ...
, composer, and
Kantor.
Born in
Lichtenfels, Bavaria
Lichtenfels is a town in the Upper Franconian region of Bavaria, Germany, the administrative seat of Lichtenfels district. It is chiefly known as the German "Basket City".
Geography
It is situated on the upper course of the river Main, about s ...
, he was employed as a singer by
Christian II of Denmark in Copenhagen, from 1515 to 1524. He later studied in
Wittenberg
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, and is known to have lectured there, in 1551. He died in
Oelsnitz.
He is known for several theoretical works, and for his beginners' textbook ''Compendiolum musicae'' of 1548, which was the most popular book in
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
schools during the 16th and 17th centuries, and is today an important source of two-voice compositions of the period.
The Heinrich-Faber Musikschule Lichtenfels – a musical school – is named after him.
Works
*''Compendiolum musicae'' (1548)
*''De musica poetica'' (1548)
*''Ad musicam practicam introductio'' (1550)
References
External links
*
Heinrich-Faber Musikschule Lichtenfels
15th-century births
1552 deaths
People from Lichtenfels, Bavaria
German classical composers
German music theorists
Renaissance composers
German male classical composers
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