Vinzenz Fux (Vincenzio Fuxio), (c.1606–1659) was an Austrian musician and composer.
Fux was born in
Weißkirchen,
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
, and was employed as the organist of the church
Maria am Gestade in
Vienna before he joined the chapel of
Eleonora Gonzaga, widow of Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II. Fux mainly composed
Masses and
trio sonatas
The trio sonata is a genre, typically consisting of several movements, with two melody instruments and basso continuo. Originating in the early 17th century, the trio sonata was a favorite chamber ensemble combination in the Baroque era.
Basic str ...
, which have survived in manuscripts. It is testimony of their high quality that they were even taken at times for works of the later imperial chapelmaster
Johann Joseph Fux, who was however not related to Vinzenz Fux. The
Kroměříž music archive is the major source of musical compositions by Vinzenz Fux.
Vinzenz Fux died in
Vienna, in his early fifties.
Selected compositions by Fux
*''Justorum animæ'': 2 Chori, 2 Violini, 3 Viole, Basso continuo
*''Litaniæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis'': S solo, SATB ''in cappella'', Violino, 3 Violæ, Basso continuo
*''Missa S. Xaverii'': 8 voci ''in concerto'', 2 Trombettæ ''ad libitum'', 2 Cornetti, 2 Violini, Viola, 5 Tromboni, Fagotto, Basso continuo (1645/49)
*''Missa S. Ignatij'': SSAATTBB, 2 Violini, 4 Viole, 2 Trombettæ, 2 Cornetti, 4 Tromboni, Viola da gamba, Violone, Organo (dated August, 1668)
*''Missa Augusta'': 8 voci, 2 Violini, 2 Cornetti, 4 Tromboni (parts missing)
*''Missa à. 7. in honorem S. a Barbaræ'': SSATB, 2 Cornettini, Organo (dated 1671)
*''Canzon pro tabula à 10'': 2 Cornetto, 2 Violini, Viola, 3 Tromboni, Organo
Further reading
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Johann Joseph Fux
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop Karl Li ...
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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
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Kroměříž
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Colossal Baroque The Colossal Baroque style is a name which has been coined to describe a number of compositions from the 17th and 18th centuries composed in an opulent, magnificent and large-scaled style. Such works frequently make use of polychoral techniques and ...
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Cornetto
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Natural trumpet
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Cornettino
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Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
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Mass
References
*''A Catalog of Music for the Cornett'' by
Bruce Dickey and
Michael Collver,
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana. IU Press publishes 140 ...
© 1996 by Michael Collver & Bruce Dickey.
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CD ''Motets of the 17th Century: Austria, Bohemia, Bavaria'' - Niederaltaicher Scholaren directed by
Konrad Ruhland (from CD notes) Sony CD SK 53 117
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1600s births
1659 deaths
Austrian male composers
Austrian composers
Austrian classical organists
Male classical organists
17th-century classical composers
17th-century male musicians