Johann Schein

Johann Hermann Schein ( born January 20, 1586 Green Grove, † November 19, 1630 in Leipzig ) was a German poet and composer of the Baroque. He was choirmaster from 1616 to 1630.

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2.2 Test expenditure and plant and bibliography

Life

Historical classification

He is in the series of " three major Sch " opposite Samuel Scheidt ( in hall ) and Heinrich Schütz classify ( in Dresden), with whom he formed a lifelong friendship. From Central Germany from these three composers looked much on the music of their time. Certificate Cantional ( 1629) is one of the most important hymnals. In his Leipzig church music noteworthy is the incipient development of the cantata by independent use of instruments. Main works are the Cymbalum Sionum ( collection of motets, 1615 ), spiritual concerts of the Opella nova ( 1618 and 1627 ), his spiritual motets Israelisbrünnlein ( 1623), which are choral music by Schütz in kinship and unjustly in the shadow of the clergy and the secular Waldliederlein and Venuskräntzlein.

First training in Dresden

Johann Hermann Schein was born the son of evangelical pastor Jerome bill and spent the first years in the Erzgebirge green grove. After the death of his father in 1593 his mother moved with her son to Dresden because they could not secure a livelihood in the small town. In Dresden, Johann Hermann could as an alumnus in the boys' choir of the Dresden court orchestra develop his singing talent among Rogier Michael the Electoral choir and was until 1603 Diskantist. With the deepening of the voice note was included in the Saxon prince Pforta, where he received an excellent musical background.

Law school, teaching and family formation

From 1608 to 1612 he studied law at the University of Leipzig. Although he had operated the law school seriously and reached the conclusion, his interest focused more on poetry and music, he began to compose. Bill rose from the music teacher at Godfrey of Wolffersdorf from 1612 in White Rock, where he met contactor, the Weimar court music director in 1615 and then to the successor Sethus Calvisius ' as cantor of St. Thomas School and Director of Music in Leipzig.

In Weimar, he married Sidonia, daughter of the Elector of Saxony Rentsekretarius Hoesel. However, three daughters died in the first years of life, Sidonia died in 1624 at the birth of the third daughter; only two sons survived the father. In 1625 he married Elizabeth of the Perre, daughter of the painter Johann von der Perre. Of the four resulting from this marriage five children died in infancy. He himself was ailing strong. Despite a lung condition and severe kidney stones, he worked as a school teacher, choir director, organist and composer. In his Cantional back to 1629 can be found - the second edition of this collection of 1645 included - 58 composed by him, partly sealed by him dirges, including the funeral of his first wife and seven of his children. Not yet 45 years old, he died.

Acceptance of the music and selection of works

In musical circles of his surroundings enjoying note high reputation. He was hailed as cantor and music writer. Gottfried Vopelius took 98 of his Kantionalsätze in the New Leipzig hymnal. To Heinrich Schütz, the Dresden Kapellmeister, he maintained a friendly relationship. Although today it is valid as a co-founder of the art of the secular German Lied, it was not until the next generation of composers such as Heinrich Albert, who knew his role to fully appreciate.

Works

Song Deal with me God according to your goodness; a total of 77 chorale melodies handed down from sham
Venus Kräntzlein. Wittenberg 1609
Cymbalum Sionum. Leipzig 1615 it motets Verbum caro factum est, O Domine Jesu Christe, Is Ephraim my dear son and other

In Vom Himmel hoch, Blessed art thou, Jesus Christ and other Lutheran chorale settings

Work expenditure and work and bibliography

Literature (selection )

Robert Eitner: Schein, Johann Hermann. In: General German Biography (ADB ). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1890, pp. 715-718.
I. Hueck: The artistic development of Johann Hermann certificate. Dissertation, University of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1943
Heinz Linnerz: The drinking song in German poetry by Johann Hermann Schein to Viktor von Scheffel. Dissertation [ masch. ], Cologne, 1952.
Martin Petzoldt (ed. ): St. Thomas / Leipzig. Leipzig 2000
Arthur Examiner: Johann Hermann Schein and the secular German song of the 17th century. Leipzig 1908
Arthur Examiner: The family history of the Leipzig Thomas - Kantor Joh Herm. Bill. In: Monatshefte für Music History 30 (1898 ), pp. 141-145
Hermann Rough: poetry and music in secular vocal works of Johann Hermann certificate. Dissertation, University of Hamburg 1960
Walter Reckziegel: The " Cantional " by Johann Hermann Schein. Berlin 1963
Bernhold Schmid: Schein, Johann Hermann. In: New German Biography ( NDB ). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2, pp. 637 f ( digitized ).
R. Hinton Thomas: The Transition of the continuo song: Johann Hermann Schein, in: idem, Poetry and Song in the German Baroque, Oxford 1963, pp. 21-33

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