Johann Rosenmüller (1619 – 10 September 1684) was a German
Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
composer, who played a part in transmitting Italian musical styles to the north.
Career
Rosenmüller was born in
Oelsnitz, near
Plauen
Plauen (; ; ) is a town in Saxony, Germany with a population of around 65,000. It is Saxony's 5th most populated city after Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau, the second-largest city of the Vogtland after Gera, as well as the largest cit ...
in
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...
.
He studied at the
University of Leipzig
Leipzig University (), 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 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...
, graduating in 1640.
He served as organist of the
Nikolaikirche Leipzig from 1651, and had been assured of advancement to
cantor
A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. Cantor as a profession generally refers to those leading a Jewish congregation, although it also applies to the lead singer or choir director in Christian contexts. ...
.
He became director of music in absentia to the Altenburg court in 1654.
In 1655 he was accused of homosexual activities with choirboys.
To avoid prison, he fled to Italy and, by 1658, was employed at
St Mark's Basilica
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (), commonly known as St Mark's Basilica (; ), is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cath ...
in Venice.
He composed many vocal works while teaching at an orphanage for girls (
Ospedale della Pietà
The Ospedale della Pietà was a convent, orphanage, and music school in Venice. Like other Venetian ''ospedali'', the Pietà was first established as a hospice for the needy. A group of Venetian nuns, called the Consorelle di Santa Maria dell’Um ...
), between 1678 and 1682.
The works of
Giovanni Legrenzi
Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and ext ...
were among his Italian influences and his sacred compositions show the influence of
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...
.
In his last years, Rosenmüller returned to Germany with Duke
Anton-Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, at whose court he served as choir master.
He died in
Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel (; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District
Wolfenbüttel (; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel (district), Wolfenbüttel Distri ...
on 10 September 1684, and is buried there.
Works
''Kern-Sprüche mehrentheils aus heiliger Schrifft Altes und Neues Testaments'' (Core sentences, mostly from holy scriptures
Old and
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...
), Leipzig (1648)
*Aeterne Deus, clementissime Pater, 1v, 2 str, bc
*Christum lieb haben, 3vv, 2 str, bc
*Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei, 3vv, 2 str, bc
*Danket dem Herren und prediget, 2vv, 2 str, bc
*Danksaget dem Vater, 5vv, 2 str, bc
*Daran ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes, 5vv, 2 str, bc
*Das ist das ewige Leben, 3vv, bc
*Das ist ein köstlich Ding, 2vv, 5 str, bc
*Die Augen des Herren, 4vv, 2 str, bc
*Ein Tag in deinen Vorhöfen, 3vv, 2 str, bc
*Habe deine Lust an dem Herren, 1v, 5 str, bc
*Hebet eure Augen auf gen Himmel, 2vv, 2 str, bc
*In te Domine speravi, 4vv, 2 str, bc
*Lieber Herr Gott, 1v, 3 str/brass, bc
*Mater Jerusalem, civitas sancta Dei, 2vv, 2 str, bc
*Meine Seele harret nur auf Gott, 3vv, 2 str, bc
*O admirabile commercium, 2vv, 4 str/brass, bc
*O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te, 3vv, bc
*O nomen Jesu, nomen dulce, 4vv, bc
*Treiffet ihr Himmel von oben, 1v, 2 str, bc
''Andere Kern-Sprüche'' (Other core sentences), Leipzig (1652–1653)
* Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet, 5vv, 5 str/brass, bc;
* Amo te Deus meus amore magno, 2vv, 4 str/brass, bc;
* Christum ducem, qui per crucem, 1v, 2 str, bc;
* Das ist meine Freude, 1v, 2 str, bc;
* Der Name des Herren, 5vv, 2 str, bc;
* Die Gnade unseres Herren Jesu Christi, 4vv, bc;
* Domine Deus meus, 2vv, 2 str, bc;
* Herr mein Gott, ich danke dir, 3vv, 2 str, bc;
* Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe, 1v, 5 str, bc;
* Ich bin das Brod des Lebens, 3vv, 2 str, bc;
* Ich hielte mich nicht dafür, 4vv, bc;
* Ist Gott für uns, 1v, 5 str, bc;
* Kündlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis, 3vv, bc;
* O dives omnium bonarum dapum, 1v, 3 str/brass, bc;
* O dulcis Christe, bone Jesu charitas, 2vv, 3 str/brass, bc;
* Siehe an die Wercke Gottes, 5vv, 5 str/brass, bc;
* Siehe des Herren Auge, 3vv, 2 str, bc;
* Vulnera Jesu Christi, 1v, 2 str, bc;
* Wahrlich, wahrlich ich sage euch, 4vv, 2 str, bc;
* Weil wir wissen, dass der Mensch, 3vv, 2 str, bc
Recordings
* Sinfonias No. 1, 2, 4
Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish Conducting, conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol ...
Astree
* Vespers (2CD)
Cantus Cölln
A cantus (Latin for "singing", derived from ''cantare'') is an activity organised by Belgian, Dutch, German, French, and Baltic fraternities. A cantus mainly involves singing traditional songs and drinking beer. It is governed by strict trad ...
Konrad Junghänel
Konrad Junghänel (born 27 February 1953) is a German lutenist and Conducting, conductor in the field of historically informed performance, the founder and director of the vocal ensemble Cantus Cölln.
Career
Junghänel studied at the Hochschule ...
1996 HMC
* ''Weihnachtshistorie'' Cantus Cölln Junghänel HMC
* ''Sacri Concerti'' Cantus Cölln Junghänel 1994 DHM
* ''Deutsche Geistliche Konzerte: Siehe an die Werke Gottes. Entsetze dich Natur.''
Arno Paduch
Arno Paduch (* 1965 Hattersheim am Main, Germany) is a German cornetto player, conductor and musicologist.
After highschool degree in Friedberg (Germany), Paduch studied musicology at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) and afterwards
cornetto a ...
2000
Christophorus Records
Christophorus Records is a German classical music label based originally in Freiburg im Breisgau specializing in Catholic church and early music.
History
The history of the Herder family in publishing in Freiburg goes back to Bartholomä Herder ...
* Instrumental & Vocal works. The King's Noyse. HMU
* Requiem (2CD) Musica Fiata Roland Wilson. Sony
* Lamentations. Ingrid Schmidthüsen Parnassi Musici
CPO 1999
* Lamentations. Fritz Wünderlich (SWR)(SWR recordings 1956–58)
* Dixit Dominus; Lauda Sion; Nisi Dominus; Magnificat. La Soranza, Trinity Baroque,
Wiesbadener Knabenchor,
Arno Paduch
Arno Paduch (* 1965 Hattersheim am Main, Germany) is a German cornetto player, conductor and musicologist.
After highschool degree in Friedberg (Germany), Paduch studied musicology at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) and afterwards
cornetto a ...
Amati 1996
* ''Jube Domine; In te Domine speravi; Qui habitat in adjutorio; Ecce nunc benedicite; Exurge gloria mea; Nunc dimittis; Salve regina.'' Paduch Christophorus 2009
* Beatus Vir; Jubilate Deo; Misericordias Domini; Coelestes Spiritus; Nisi Dominus;Salve mi Jesu Sonatas Raquel Andueza, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer. Zig-Zag
* ''Lo Zuane Tedeso'' Estote fortes in bello; Surgamus ad laudes; O dives omnium bonarum; Ego te laudo; In te Domine speravi; Laudate pueri Dominum; Salve Regina I fedeli PAN
* ''Vox Dilecti Mei'' O Salvator dilectissime; Christum ducem qui per crucem; In te Domine speravi; O dives omnium bonarum; Vox dilecti mei; O anima mea suspira ardenter Sonatas Alex Potter, Chelycus Ensemble Ramee
References
External links
*
Biography and worksJohann Rosenmüller Ensemble*
Digitalized copy of the first edition of ''Kern-Sprüche'', from the Saxon State and University Library Dresden
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1619 births
1684 deaths
Italian Baroque composers
German classical composers
17th-century German LGBTQ people
German LGBTQ composers
People prosecuted under anti-homosexuality laws
Venetian School (music) composers
LGBTQ classical composers
17th-century Italian composers
German expatriates in Italy
German male classical composers
17th-century German male musicians