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Matthias Weckmann (1616?-1674) was a North German musician and composer of the Baroque period.
Weckmann was born in Niederdorla (Thuringia), probably in 1616. His musical training took place in Dresden (as a chorister at the Saxon Court, under the direction of Heinrich Schütz), then in Hamburg where he worked with the famous organist Jacob Praetorius at Saint Peter’s church (Petrikirche).
He was introduced to the Italian concertato, polychoral, and monodic styles (because Schütz had journeyed in Italy when a young man and he had met Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi) as well as the style of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s pupils, some of whom had settled in Hamburg. Weckmann travelled to Denmark in 1637 with Schütz, became organist in Dresden at the Electoral Court of Saxony from 1638 to 1642, and returned to Denmark until 1647 (during the Thirty Years’ War).
On a new (and his last) stay in Dresden from 1649 to 1655, he met Johann Jakob Froberger during a musical competition which had been organised by the Elector. They remained friends, and in correspondence with each other. In 1655, after a competition, he was named titular organist at Saint James church (Jakobkirche) in Hamburg, and spent his remaining life there. He founded a renowned orchestral ensemble, the Collegium Musicum, in Hamburg.
Weckmann was born in Niederdorla (Thuringia), probably in 1616. His musical training took place in Dresden (as a chorister at the Saxon Court, under the direction of Heinrich Schütz), then in Hamburg where he worked with the famous organist Jacob Praetorius at Saint Peter’s church (Petrikirche).
He was introduced to the Italian concertato, polychoral, and monodic styles (because Schütz had journeyed in Italy when a young man and he had met Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi) as well as the style of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s pupils, some of whom had settled in Hamburg. Weckmann travelled to Denmark in 1637 with Schütz, became organist in Dresden at the Electoral Court of Saxony from 1638 to 1642, and returned to Denmark until 1647 (during the Thirty Years’ War).
On a new (and his last) stay in Dresden from 1649 to 1655, he met Johann Jakob Froberger during a musical competition which had been organised by the Elector. They remained friends, and in correspondence with each other. In 1655, after a competition, he was named titular organist at Saint James church (Jakobkirche) in Hamburg, and spent his remaining life there. He founded a renowned orchestral ensemble, the Collegium Musicum, in Hamburg.
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