Fabricius Werner (1633-1679), an

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

and

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of note, was born April 10, 1633, at

Itzehoe Itzehoe (; nds, Itzhoe) is a town in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. As the capital of the district Steinburg, Itzehoe is located on the Stör, a navigable tributary of the Elbe, 51 km (31.7 mi) northwest of Hamburg and 24 ...

, Holstein. As a boy he studied music under his father, Albert Fabricius, organist in

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, and Paul Moth, the

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there. He went to the Gymnasium in

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, where

Thomas Selle Thomas Selle (23 March 1599 – 2 July 1663) was a seventeenth-century German baroque composer. Life There is practically no reliable information about the early years of Thomas Selle. Between his birth in 1599 and his matriculation in the U ...

and Heinrich Scheidematm were his teachers in music. In 1650 he went to the

Leipzig University Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...

, studying philosophy, theology, and law; in the latter he became a fully qualified 'Notar.' He was appointed Musik-Director of the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, in 1656, and in 1658 was also appointed organist to the Nicolaikirche. Although he tried for the post of Cantor to the Thomaikirche in March 1658, he was not elected. He was married July 3, 1665, and one son survived him, Johann Albert Fabricius. He died Jan. 9, 1679, at Leipzig, forty-five years old, according to the contemporary account of him in ''Musica Davidica'', order Davids Music, ''bei der Leichbe-stattung des'' ... ''Hern Werneri Fabricii'' ... ''durch Joh. Thilone, ad S. Nicolaum Ecclesiaste''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabricius, Werner 1633 births 1679 deaths People from Itzehoe German organists 17th-century German composers