Johannes Galliculus (Alectorius, Hähnel, Hennel; c. 1490 in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
– c. 1550 in
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
) 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 (ke ...
and
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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He was active ca. 1520 in Leipzig. He was the cantor of the
Thomanerchor
The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. The choir comprises about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called ''Thomaner'', reside in a boarding scho ...
from 1520 to 1525.
Works
Editions: Johannes Galliculus: Gesamtausgabe der Werke, ed. A.A. Moorefield, Gesamtausgaben, viii (Brooklyn, NY, 1975–)
*Passio Domino nostri Jesu Christi, 4vv, 1538
*Mass ''Christ ist erstanden'' 4vv, 1539
*Aliud officium Paschale, 4vv, 1539
*Proprium mass for Christmas, 4vv, 1545
*Magnificat quarti toni, 4vv,
*Magnificat quinti toni, 4vv
*Magnificat septimi toni, 4vv
*Motets, 4vv:
**Apparuit benignitas, 4vv
**Ave vivens, hostie
**Cavete a scribis
**Christus resurgens
**Duo homines ascenderunt
**Immunem semper
**In cathedra Moysi
**In natali
**Non ex operibus
**Venite post me
*Psalm. Quare fremuerunt gentes, 4vv
Doubtful works
*Enlive psallant;
*Joseph, lieber Joseph, mein
Theorical works
*Isagoge de compositione cantus
Sources
* Victor H. Mattfeld article in: ''
New Grove Dictionary of Music
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Heinz von Loesch
Heinz von Loesch (born 20 May 1959) is a German musicologist. He researches and teaches at the Technical University Berlin.
Life
Born in Frankfurt, Loesch is the son of , the former director of the , and the SPD politician Grete von Loesch.
At ...
article in: ''
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik (MGG)'' is one of the world's most comprehensive encyclopedias of music history and musicology, on account of its scope, content, wealth of research areas, and reference t ...
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* Online article o
www.bach-cantatas.com* A.A. Moorefield: An Introduction to Johannes Galliculus (Brooklyn, 1969)
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1490s births
1550s deaths
German music theorists
Thomaskantors
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