Nicolaus Adam Strungk (christened 15 November 1640 in Braunschweig – 23 September 1700 in Dresden) was a German composer and violinist. N A Strungk - Signature

Life

Nicolaus Adam was the son of the organist

Delphin Strungk Delphin Strungk (or Strunck) (1600 or 1601 – 12 October 1694) was a German composer and organist associated with the North German school. The first that is known of him is in 1630, when he became organist of the Marienkirche in Wolfenbüttel; ...

. He studied organ under his father, then at the University of Helmstedt. From 1660 he studied violin with Nathanael Schnittelbach, performing for the Duke of Wolfenbüttel, and Kaiser Leopold I in Vienna. From 1665 he was chamber musician in the service of Prince Johann Friedrich in Hanover. In 1679 Strungk became director of the Hamburger Ratsmusik. In 1688 he succeeded Christian Ritter as deputy Kapellmeister and organist in Dresden, where in 1693 he succeeded Christoph Bernhard as Hofkapellmeister. He left after three years, in 1696, to take up directorship of the Leipzig Opera. He died of fever („am hitzigen Fieber“) a few years later. His fourth daughter, Dorothea Christine Lachs, was a noted poet and author of the libretto to Telemann's ''

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Works

Strunck's surviving keyboard compositions, two ricercars and seven capriccios, were composed in Rome and Vienna between 1683 and 1686. They were written in a strictly contrapuntal style with two or three sections, each having a different subject. Strungk composed several operas for Hamburg und Leipzig: * ''Der glückselig steigende Sejanus'' (1678) * ''Der unglückselig fallende Sejanus'' (1678) * ''Die liebreiche, durch Tugend und Schönheit erhöhte Esther'' (1680) * ''David oder Der königliche Sclave'' (1680) * ''Die drei Töchter Cekrops'' (1680) * * ''Alceste'' (Hamburg, 1680) (possibly by

Johann Wolfgang Franck Johann Wolfgang Franck (17 June 1644 in Unterschwaningen, Mittelfranken – ca. 1710 in London) was a German baroque composer. Life He worked from 1673 to 1679 as Kapellmeister in Ansbach and then lived from 1679 to 1690 in Hamburg. Here he i ...

) *''Semele'' (1681) * ''Theseus'' (1683) * ''Semiramis'' (1683) * ''Florette'' (1683) * ''Jupiter und Alcmena'' (Leipzig, 1696) * ''Phocas'' (Leipzig, 1696) * ''Pyrrhus und Demetrius'' (Leipzig, 1696) * ''Orion'' (Leipzig, 1697) * ''Scipio und Hannibal'' (Leipzig, 1698) * ''Ixion'' (Leipzig, 1699) * ''Agrippina'' (Leipzig, 1699) * ''Erechtheus'' (Leipzig, 1700) Cantatas.

Recordings

* Nicolaus Adam Strungk: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Maria Zedelius, soprano (11:09) on ''De Profundis - German Baroque cantatas'' with Heinrich Schütz: Erbarm dich mein. Franz Tunder: An Wasserflüssen Babylon; Ach Herr, lass deine lieben Engelein. Nicolaus Bruhns: De profundis clamavi. Matthias Weckmann: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste.

Michael Schopper Michael Schopper (born 28 May 1942) is a German bass-baritone in opera and concert, and an academic teacher. Michael Schopper was educated with the Regensburger Domspatzen and studied on a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volke ...

, Musica Antiqua Köln dir. Reinhard Goebel.1985 * Nicolaus Adam Strungk: Complete organ works (plus works by Delphin Strunck,

Christian Flor Christian Flor (162628 September 1697) was a German composer and organist. Working at churches in Rendsburg and Lüneburg, he was widely known for vocal and organ compositions. He composed one of the earliest Passion oratorios, in 1667. Life ...

, Dietrich Meyer, Johann Decker, Marcus Olter) Friedhelm Flamme. 2010 / 2013CPO 777 597-2 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

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*, "Nicolaus Adam Strunck and others" {{DEFAULTSORT:Strungk, Nicolaus Adam 1640 births 1700 deaths Musicians from Braunschweig People from Brunswick-Lüneburg German Baroque composers Organists and composers in the North German tradition German male organists University of Helmstedt alumni 17th-century classical composers German male classical composers 17th-century male musicians Male classical organists