Johann Friedrich Naue

Johann Friedrich Naue (* November 17, 1787 in Halle ( Saale), † May 19, 1858 in Halle) was a German composer, organist, choir director and publisher of hymns as well as numerous music-theoretical writings.

Life

Accurate was the son of a wealthy factory owner and his wife needle. He attended the Latina of the Francke Foundations in Halle ( Saale). During this time he gained his first singing experience in Stadtsingechor Hall, one of the oldest boys' choirs in Germany, which today is part of the Latina of the Francke Foundations. Then Naue received in Berlin next to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy lessons with Carl Friedrich Zelter and thus came alongside the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel especially with its completely revolutionary institution, the Sing- Akademie zu Berlin, in contact.

Very excited, he returned to 1808 back to his hometown to continue his musical studies with Johann Friedrich Reichardt, in particular with Prof. Daniel Gottlob Türk, at the time earned as Zelter earnings for the revitalization of the music of George Frideric Handel. In Vienna he rounded his education as a student of Ludwig van Beethoven, who gave him in 1823 even a canon for three voices to a text by Friedrich Schiller ( Short is the pain, WoO 163) devoted. Exact became one organ and piano virtuoso who mainly acquired a wide knowledge of plants and a sophisticated music theory knowledge. Witnesses report that he had swallowed a whole library in order to acquire the various compositional styles. He himself had a very precious with numerous books and music, which he - on placement Zelter - 1824 in large part to the Royal Library (today the State Library Berlin) sold. From 1815 Naue was a member of the Masonic Lodge Halle to three swords.

1816 Johann Friedrich Naue head of the city hall Inge choir and organist at the Market Church of Our Lady as one of the successors of Samuel Scheidt and Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow ( here he was able to prevail against competitors such as Carl Loewe ). A year later, in 1817, he was appointed as a university music director (UMD) at the Friedrich University in the year just unifying the founded in 1502 Wittenberg University (now Martin Luther University ) after his teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter him for a issued opinions. The choice fell on him in particular for his music theory knowledge he possessed in addition to the practical knowledge and experience, and his church musical activities. Because the university for him at first could not provide financial resources, he had twice a week to obtain a choir for academic services at the Ulrich Church and Choral samples to a - " with an open church 'free of charge and to forego his salary as UMD. Since 1820 Naue secured additional income as a free table inspector of the University. He was in 1835 by the University of Jena for Dr. hc the music doctorate.

1829 organized Naue in Hall 's first major music festival of the Thuringian- Saxon Musikverein, modeled on the prestigious Elbmusikfeste for which he used all his inherited wealth and highly indebted to further promote the revival of Halle's musical life. From the proceeds of his books sold at the Old Library, he organized in Erfurt soon have a second. The tragic chain of events but ruined him economically and personally for the rest of his life. He embittered, sought solace in alcohol. In 1833 he became head of his Singing Academy is withdrawn. The experienced after his death her ​​right bloom among the significant songs composer and choral conductor Robert Franz Naue looked also in 1835 forced the organist at the Market Church of Our Lady to give up because of disagreements with his superiors and the Marie Kantor Carl Gottlob Abela. His application for the post of organist failed because he was considered at the time already for too unreliable. One last time organized the profoundly embittered Naue Hall in a music festival. No U-Turn.

Johann Friedrich Naue went blind and died in utter poverty.

Importance

Accurate has made mainly as a composer and publisher of hymns earned and was thus one of the few German church musicians who tried to help by means of reforms, the Protestant church music from their crisis. High appreciation brought him far beyond the city limits his efforts to liturgical reform in the 19th century. By exploring the historical foundations of the Protestant liturgy Naue sought the requirement of a church Musicology followed. With its 1818 first appeared in the print engine test of a musical agenda or altar chants for use in Protestant churches, he became one of the leaders of the reform movement in this area.

He also founded in 1814 in Hall as one of the first in Germany together with his former academic teacher Prof. Johann Gebhard Maass own singing academy in Berlin model that deliberately from 1907 chose the name of his most important later conductor ( Robert -Franz -Sing Academy ). Accurate even she directed until 1833.

After the death Türk and Reichardt Naue took over the leading position in the musical life of the city hall, which simultaneously meant the replacement of the early Romantic era in the romantic era of the younger generation. So Naue is considered the " first full-fledged representative of the musical romanticism in music Halles life."

Precise organized a lively concert business and offered in subscription concerts regularly important works by Handel (eg Saul ), grays, Viennese classics and contemporaries such as Weber, Spohr, Marschner and other masters. He also won a variety of virtuoso musicians and for his solo concerts organized, among whom Hummel (1821 ) and Paganini (1829 ) were located. 1825 have been made with the performance of processing the Hallelujah chorus in the style of different ages for the first time by historical Naue music performances. Exact was also always interested in an active musical life, which is why he also gave public singing lessons in the form of choir rehearsals in the Market Church.

Finally, he planned to urge the population to open a singing school. However, this plan failed due to the abundance of his duties.

Works

Although Naue was highly regarded by contemporaries as a composer and theorist, today is hardly one of his works known. In addition to the spiritual and secular Naue wrote occasional pieces, mostly marches and commissioned festive music.

  • Chants to Geburtstagsfeyer the King on August 3, 1814 ( for the 1.Konzert the Sing-Akademie 1814)
  • Festival music for August 3, 1814 for soloists, 4- stg. Mixed Chorus and Orchestra ( 1814)
  • Cantata (for the Sing-Akademie ) ( 1815)
  • Recitative and Aria (1815 )
  • Liturgy for the funeral in memory of the fight for king and country at heart (1816 )
  • Musical experiments, songs, arias and choruses (1816 )
  • Arias and choruses to the Reformation celebration (for the Academy of Music ) ( 1817)
  • Osterkantate Be festive welcome of joy day Ray! (1820 )
  • Small songs and canzonettas with piano accompaniment (1822 )
  • Triumphal March for chorus and ensemble music ( for the reception of the Prussian Crown Princess Elise by the magistrate on November 26, 1823) (1823 )
  • Triumphal March for chorus and orchestra ( for the 10th anniversary of the advent of verkündetedn armies in Paris) ( 1824)
  • Armeemarsch No.48 and 50 for choir and orchestra (slow march )
  • Prussian Army March II, 66 for choir and orchestra (fast march )
  • Festival music for Geburtstagsfeyer the King on August 2, 1824 (1824 )
  • Festive music for organ consecration in the Church Ulrich ( with the choral worship, glory and honor) (1826 )
  • Ferdinand Cortez or the conquest of Mexico, opera in 3 acts by Spontini (piano reduction ) ( 1827)
  • It echoes of a thousand ends a shout of joy through town and country, hard march, and folksong of Prussia for large military orchestra and choir ( Birthday of the King) (1828 )
  • General Protestant chorale book in melodies (1829, 2.Bearbeitung 1832)
  • Te Deum, for soloists, 4- stg. Mixed Chorus and Orchestra ( 1832)
  • Festive music for the inauguration of the new Halle University building on October 31, 1834 (1834 )
  • Add your strength to rejoice the king, Psalm (1835 )
  • Cantata God bless you, God save the Crown Prince ( the birthday of the Prussian Crown Prince ) ( 1837)
  • Festgesang Sit deo gloria (Text: Niemeyer ) ( 1837)
  • Fresh on, for chorus ( for the music festival in Bitterfeld ) ( 1840)
  • What good is gold, for chorus ( for the music festival in Bitterfeld ) ( 1840)
  • Live High, Live Long, Farewell, for 4- stg. Men's Choir (1843 ) ( published in the collection of men's choirs, Friends of Music collected by JJSprüngli )
  • Healing, healing the beautiful days, Patriotic Song (1848 )
  • O Lamb of God ( Agnus Dei ), E Minor for 4- stg. mixed Chorus
  • Hymn Ambrosianus, for 4- stg. mixed Chorus
  • Saul by Handel (piano reduction)

Collections

  • Attempt at a musical agenda or altar chants for use in Protestant churches (1818 )
  • Church music of different times and peoples, 3 booklets ( ed.) ( 1821)
  • Responsorien or choirs to three liturgies with inlaid sayings (Stuttgart, nd)
  • Liturgical songs from the psalmody of Lucas Lossius ( Wittenberg 1553) and from Luther's order of worship ( Wittenberg 1526) ( revised edition, Hall 1851)
  • Liturgical choirs from old agendas and missal of the first period of the Reformation (Hall 1838)
  • Collection of motets by masters such as John Chr Bach, Johann Michael Bach and Carl Friedrich Zelter

Writings

  • Among the most important duties of an organist by Daniel Gottlob Türk ( Revised Edition ) (Hall, 1838)
  • Short instruction for Generalbaßspielen by Daniel Gottlob Türk ( in 5th Edition reissued ) ( 1841)
  • About the so-called quantitirend - rhythmic chant (Hall, 1849)
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