Heinrich Finck (1444 or 1445 – 9 June 1527) was a German composer.[1] He served as Kapellmeister first for Prince Alexander of Lithuania, later King of Poland, before living Poland in 1510. He worked in Stuttgart before becoming a member (and months before his death, the Kapellmeister) the Hofkapell.[2][3]
He was the great-uncle of the music theorist and composer Hermann Finck (1527–1558).[4]
Biography
editHe was probably born at Bamberg, but nothing is certainly known either of the place or date of his birth. Between 1492 and 1506 he was a musician in, and later possibly conductor of the court orchestra of successive kings of Poland at Warsaw. He held the post of conductor at Stuttgart from 1510 until about 1514,[5] then was a composer at the Hofkapelle of Emperor Maximilian I,[citation needed] from 1519(?) at the chapter in Salzburg, and in 1527 Hofkapellmeister of Emperor Ferdinand I in Vienna, where he died.
Works
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His works, mostly part songs and other vocal compositions, show great musical knowledge, and amongst the early masters of the German school he holds a high position. They are found scattered amongst ancient and modern collections of songs and other musical pieces.[6] The library of Zwickau possesses a work containing a collection of fifty-five songs by Finck, printed about the middle of the 16th century.[5]
Recordings
editThe German vocal ensemble group "Stimmwerck" has recorded a CD of vocal works by Finck, including his "Missa Dominicalis"; and the Josquin Capella another including his "Missa Ave Preclara".
Notes
edit- ^ Stone, Daniel Z. (1 July 2014). The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795. University of Washington Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-295-80362-3. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Shrock, Dennis (2022). Choral Repertoire. Oxford University Press. pp. 113, 114. ISBN 978-0-19-762240-7. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Research Chronicle. Royal Musical Association. 1985. p. 68. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Cross, Jennifer (1979). Readings in the History of Music in Performance. Indiana University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-253-14495-9. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Finck, Heinrich". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 353–354.
- ^ R. Eitner, Bibliographie der Musiksammelwerke des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts,, Berlin, 1877
External links
edit- Free scores by Heinrich Finck in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Heinrich Finck at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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