Johann Rudolph Ahle

Johann Rudolph ( Rudolf ) awl ( born December 24, 1625 Mühlhausen / Thuringia, † July 9, 1673 ) was a German composer, organist, poet and Protestant church musician.

Life

Awl came from a merchant family. His school, he graduated in Mühlhausen and Göttingen and eventually studied at the Faculty of Philosophy in Erfurt. There, he served from 1646 as cantor at St. Andrew's Church. After his return to Mulhouse in 1649, he worked as a freelance musician until he was in 1654 appointed organist at the main church Divi Blasii. He served from 1655 as a member of the city council numerous municipal offices and was elected to his death year as mayor of the free imperial city. After his return to Mulhouse 1649 awl married in 1650 Anna Maria Wölfer. Your 1650 born son Johann Georg Ahle also made ​​himself a name as a composer and organist and was, like his father poetically active. He resigned after his death to his successor as organist at the church Divi Blasii.

Works

The extensive oeuvre Ahles is almost completely preserved in contemporary prints and includes sacred vocal music (concerts, motets, arias ), organ music, secular instrumental works as well as music theory writing. Besides his own songs and poems he set to music poems by Johann Vockerodt, Ludwig Stark and Franz Joachim Burmeister and wrote the lyrics of many spiritual songs.

Compositions

• Spiritual Concerts
• Motets
• Arias " Dearest Jesus, we are here "
• "Come on Jesus Christ, be our guest "
• "Let us praise the Lord"

Writings

• "Compendium per tenellis " (Click on the art of singing )