Philipp Heinrich Erlebach
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (25 July 1657 – 17 April 1714) was a German Baroque composer, a prolific writer of church music and secular music. Much of his work is lost due to a fire.
Life
Erlebach was born in Esens, Lower Saxony, the son of Johann Philipp Erlebach, a musician at the court of Count Ulrich II of East Frisia (1605–1648), the principality where the younger Erlebach received his early musical training.[1]
Based on his musical abilities, Erlebach was lent to the court of Prince Albrecht Anton of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1641–1710), count of the larger principality of Thuringia, in 1678. In 1681, he was appointed to the post of Kapellmeister to the Thuringian Court, a position he held for 33 years, until his death, aged 56, in Rudolstadt.[1]
Works
Erlebach's compositions include orchestral and chamber music, operas, cantatas, masses and oratorios. He was a prolific composer, but most of his works (over 1000 compositions), which had been acquired by the court from Erlebach's widow after his death, were destroyed in 1735 during a fire in Rudolstadt.[1] This caused Erlebach's music to be almost completely forgotten. Only 70 compositions (about 7 percent of his working output) survived, some only in manuscript form. Much of his posterity is dependent upon published editions of his works.
About 90 of his
Surviving works
- VI Ouvertures begleitet mit … Airs nach französischer Art, a 5, 6, 1693
- Six sonatas for violin, viola da gamba and continuo, 1694[1]
- March from Musicalia bei dem Actu homagiali Mulhusino
- Harmonische Freude musicalischer Freunde, 1697, 1710
- vol. 1: 50 arias
- vol. 2: 25 arias
- Josephs neuer Kaiserthron, serenade from Musicalia bei dem Actu homagiali Mulhusino, 1705
- 19 other arias
References
- ^ a b c d Veen, Johan van (May 2006). "Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714) / VI Sonate à Violino e Viola da Gamba col suo Basso Continuo, 1694". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Digital Text of Book
Further reading
- New Grove Dictionary of Music
- Bernd Baselt: Der Rudolstädter Hofkapellmeister Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, 1963
- Bernd Baselt: Die Musikaliensammlung der Schwarzburg-Rudolstädtischen Hofkapelle unter Philipp Heinrich Erlebach. Traditionen und Aufgaben der hallischen Musikwissenschaft, 1963, pp 105–134
External links
- Free scores by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Sonatas linnrecords.com
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