Nicolaus Adam Strungk
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Nicolaus Adam Strungk was a German composer and violinist.
. He studied organ under his father, then at Helmstedt University. From 1660 he studied violin with Nathanael Schnittelbach, performing for the Duke of Wolfenbüttel, and Kaiser Leopold I. in Vienna. From 1665 he was chamber musician in the service of Prince Johann Friedrich in Hanover.
In 1679 Strungk became director of the Hamburger Ratsmusik
. In 1688 he succeeded Christian Ritter as deputy Kapellmeister and organist in Dresden, where he in 1693 succeeded Christoph Bernhard
as Hofkapellmeister. He left after three years, in 1696, to take up directorship of the Leipzig Opera. He died of fever a few years later.
His fourth daughter, Dorothea Christine Lachs, was a noted poetess and author of the libretto to Telemann's Germanicus (opera)
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s and seven capriccios
, were composed in Rome and Vienna between 1683 and 1686. They were written in a strictly contrapuntal style with two or three sections, each having a different subject.
Strungk composed several operas for Hamburg und Leipzig:
Cantatas.
Life
Nicolaus Adam was the son of the organist Delphin StrungkDelphin Strungk
Delphin Strungk was a German composer and organist associated with the North German school....
. He studied organ under his father, then at Helmstedt University. From 1660 he studied violin with Nathanael Schnittelbach, performing for the Duke of Wolfenbüttel, and Kaiser Leopold I. in Vienna. From 1665 he was chamber musician in the service of Prince Johann Friedrich in Hanover.
In 1679 Strungk became director of the Hamburger Ratsmusik
Hamburger Ratsmusik
The Hamburger Ratsmusik was the name, in German, for the Hamburg city government musical establishment of Hamburg during the baroque period. Ratsmusik was a generic term to distinguish from Hausmusik, domestic music making, during the Hanseatic period.It is also the name of a modern ensemble for...
. In 1688 he succeeded Christian Ritter as deputy Kapellmeister and organist in Dresden, where he in 1693 succeeded Christoph Bernhard
Christoph Bernhard
Christoph Bernhard was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig and in Warsaw By the age of 20 he was singing at the electoral court in Dresden under Heinrich Schütz...
as Hofkapellmeister. He left after three years, in 1696, to take up directorship of the Leipzig Opera. He died of fever a few years later.
His fourth daughter, Dorothea Christine Lachs, was a noted poetess and author of the libretto to Telemann's Germanicus (opera)
Germanicus (opera)
Germanicus is a German-language opera by Georg Philipp Telemann, to a libretto by the poetess Christine Dorothea Lachs, fourth daughter of Nicolaus Adam Strungk of Dresden. The opera was written in 1704 and revised in 1710....
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Works
Strunck's surviving keyboard compositions, two ricercarRicercar
A ricercar is a type of late Renaissance and mostly early Baroque instrumental composition. The term means to search out, and many ricercars serve a preludial function to "search out" the key or mode of a following piece...
s and seven capriccios
Capriccio (music)
A capriccio or caprice , is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character...
, were composed in Rome and Vienna between 1683 and 1686. They were written in a strictly contrapuntal style with two or three sections, each having a different subject.
Strungk composed several operas for Hamburg und Leipzig:
- Der glückselig steigende Sejanus (1678)
- Der unglückselig fallende Sejanus (1678)
- Die liebreiche, durch Tugend und Schönheit erhöhte Esther (1680)
- David oder der königliche Sclave (1680)
- Die drei Töchter Cekrops (1680)
- Alceste (Hamburg, 1680) (possibly by Johann Wolfgang FranckJohann Wolfgang FranckJohann Wolfgang Franck was a German baroque composer.-Life:He worked from 1673 to 1679 as Kapellmeister in Ansbach and then lived from 1679 to 1690 in Hamburg. Here he initially composed several geistliche Sing-Spiele for the Oper am Gänsemarkt. From 1682 to 1685 he held the position of cantor in St...
) - Theseus (1683)
- Semiramis (1683)
- Florette (1683)
Cantatas.
Recordings
- Nicolaus Adam Strungk: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Maria Zedelius, soprano (11:09) on De Profundis - German Baroque cantatas with Heinrich SchützHeinrich SchützHeinrich Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi...
: Erbarm dich mein. Franz TunderFranz TunderFranz Tunder was a German composer and organist of the early to middle Baroque era. He was an important link between the early German Baroque style which was based on Venetian models, and the later Baroque style which culminated in the music of J.S...
: An Wasserflüssen Babylon; Ach Herr, lass deine lieben Engelein. Nicolaus BruhnsNicolaus BruhnsNicolaus Bruhns was a German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation.-Life:...
: De profundis clamavi. Matthias WeckmannMatthias WeckmannMatthias Weckmann was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla and died in Hamburg.- Life :...
: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste. Michael Schopper, Musica Antiqua KölnMusica Antiqua KölnMusica Antiqua Köln was an early music group that was founded in 1973 by Reinhard Goebel and fellow students from the Conservatory of Music in Cologne. Musica Antiqua Köln devoted itself largely to the performance of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries...
dir. Reinhard GoebelReinhard GoebelReinhard Goebel is a German conductor and violinist specialising in early music on authentic instruments. Goebel received his first violin lessons at the age of twelve...
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