Thomas Elsbeth

Thomas Elsbeth (* 1555 in Neustadt bei Coburg, † 1624-1630 ) was a German composer, writer of motets and Protestant hymns.

Thomas Elsbeth worked in Frankfurt on the Oder, where his first works were published. He probably knew the Frankfurt cantor and composer Bartholomew Gesius. Later he also worked in Wroclaw, Legnica since 1606 and since 1616 in Jawor.

Thomas Elsbeth created about 150 motets and 100 songs to the Latin and German texts. His works show influences of Italian style and basso continuo.

His motets and songs he composed both in homophony as well as in polyphony. The songs are designed in the shape of the Protestant chorale, often 3 to 5 voices, the motet is intended for up to 6 or 8 votes.

Works

  • New except read German and Latin songs (Frankfurt on the Oder, 1599, 26 plants, 3 votes)
  • New spiritual moving to Christian worship songs (Frankfurt on the Oder, 1599, 36 plants, 5 Votes)
  • New except read secular songs (Frankfurt on the Oder, 1599, 26 plants, 5 Votes)
  • Selectissimae & novae cantiones sacrae (Frankfurt on the Oder, 1600, 26 plants, 6 votes)
  • Third part new except reaped spiritual and secular songs ( Coburg, 1602, 20 plants, 3 votes)
  • Selectissimae & novae cantiones sacrae ( Liegnitz, 1606, 20 plants, 4 Votes)
  • New songs except read ( Liegnitz, 1607, 20 plants, 5 Votes)
  • Selectissimae & novae cantiones sacrae ( Liegnitz, 1608, 8 plants, 6 and 8 votes)
  • Selectissimae & novae cantiones sacrae ( Liegnitz, 1610, 12 plants, 5 Votes)
  • Festorum paschalis Pentecostes et officium ... introitus, missae, sequentiae ( Liegnitz, 1615, 5 Votes)
  • High Time Singing ( Erfurt, 1615, 5 Votes)
  • The 150th Psalm of David ( Liegnitz, 1616, 7 Votes)
  • First Part sontäglicher Gospels of Advent ... bite auff Cantate ( Liegnitz, 1616, 30 plants, 5 Votes)
  • Ander Theil sontäglicher Gospels ... by Cantate bit auff Advent ( Liegnitz, 1621, 30 plants, 5 Votes)
  • A beautiful verse from the Song of Songs ( Liegnitz, 1621, 6 votes)
  • Several consoling text ad Psalms and Sirach (Breslau, 1623, 8 Votes)
  • Melpomene sacra ... that is unless read in sacred songs auff: all those hard through gantze year (Breslau, 1624, 16 plants, 6 votes)
  • From God to me is erkohren, Hochzeitsmotett (Freiburg, 1624, 5 Votes)
  • The 128th Psalm of David ( Legnica, undated, 6 votes)
  • 1 exhibition
  • 12 motet, 4, 5, and 6 voices
  • 6 hymns, 5 votes
  • 6 secular songs, 5 votes
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