Delphin Strungk (or Strunck) (1600 or 1601 – 12 October 1694) was a German

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associated with the North German school. The first that is known of him is in 1630, when he became organist of the Marienkirche in

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; this was followed by an appointment at the court in

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from 1632 to 1637. In May 1637, he moved to Brunswick, where he was to remain until his death, to take up the post of organist of the St. Martini church; he also played at other local churches. His surviving compositions include six pieces of church music for voices and instruments, now in the collection of the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. There are also surviving organ works; six

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s and fantasias of a high quality survive in tablature, and are now in the collection of the Ratsbücherei, Lüneburg. These have been published in ''Die Orgel'', II/12 (Lippstadt, 1960); ''Alte Meister des Orgelspiels'', ed. K. Straube (Leipzig, 1904); ''Seasonal Chorale Preludes with Pedals'' I, ed. C. H. Trevor (London, 1963); and ''Corpus of Early Keyboard Music'' XXIII (1973). His son Nicolaus Adam Strungk was an opera composer.

References

*Gwilym Beechey, "Strungk [Strunck], Delphin", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 2007-06-08), http://www.grovemusic.com/ *M. Seiffert: ''Zur Biographie Delphin Struncks'', ''Archiv für Musikwissenschaft'', II (1920)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strungk, Delphin 1600s births 1694 deaths Year of birth uncertain Musicians from Braunschweig People from Brunswick-Lüneburg German Baroque composers German classical organists Organists and composers in the North German tradition 17th-century German classical composers German male classical composers 17th-century German male musicians German male classical organists