Philipp Friedrich Buchner (1614 - 1669) was a German Baroque composer and Kapellmeister at the court of archbishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn in Mainz. The Internet doesn't yield much on this composer who apparently lived in the shadow of his illustrious employer. This is what I found: (1)
Biographical data:
- Wertheim: Born and raised.
- Frankfurt am Main: Choirboy in the Choir of Johann Andreas Herbst.
- Travels: Poland: learns music from Italy and converts to Catholicism; Italy: influenced by the school of Claudio Monteverdi; France
- Court of Johann Philipp von Schönborn: Hofkapellmeister in Würzburg and later in Mainz.
Style and influence:
- Introduced new music styles transitioning from Renaissance polyphony to Baroque monody and basso continuo techniques to the Rhine and Main region. (2)
- A turning away from motet techniques.
- A tendency toward standardized forms.
- Melody formation changes from declamatory to monody and ultimately aria.
- Text expression with ornamentation and word painting.
- Strings become more prominent than winds in instrumental music.
Summary list of works:
- Concerti ecclesiastici (Church Concertos), à 2-5 with basso continuo (Venice, 1642)
- Conc. eccl. opera seconda (Church Concertos, second volume), same (1644)
- Cath. Sonn- u. Feyertägl. Evangelia (Catholic Sundays and Feast days) (Würzburg, 1653)
- Die Psalmen d. Kgl. Propheten Davids (Psalms of the Royal Prophet David) (Frankfurt am Main, 1658)
- Sacrarum cantionum opus tertium (Sacred Songs Op. 3), à 2-5 with basso continuo (Konstanz, 1656)
- Plectrum musicum, instrumental (Frankfurt am Main, 1662)
- Harmonia instrumentalis, treatise (Würzburg, 1664)
- Doubtful attribution: Veni sancte spiritus, for 4 voices, 4 instruments and basso continuo (MS. in Würzburg library)
From YouTube: Sonata 9 for bassoons and continuo in C major (Plectrum Musicum, Op. 4), a short work first in the original instrumentation, then performed on trombone and dulcian. A third YouTube video was recently deleted due to copyright issues.
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(1) Gottron, Adam, "Buchner, Philipp Friedrich." Neue Deutsche Biographie 2 (1955), S. 708 f. [Online edition]; (URL: http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118868829.html (05/11/2014))
(2)"Claudio Monteverdi." Wikipedia entry. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi (05/11/2014))
Biographical data:
- Wertheim: Born and raised.
- Frankfurt am Main: Choirboy in the Choir of Johann Andreas Herbst.
- Travels: Poland: learns music from Italy and converts to Catholicism; Italy: influenced by the school of Claudio Monteverdi; France
- Court of Johann Philipp von Schönborn: Hofkapellmeister in Würzburg and later in Mainz.
Style and influence:
- Introduced new music styles transitioning from Renaissance polyphony to Baroque monody and basso continuo techniques to the Rhine and Main region. (2)
- A turning away from motet techniques.
- A tendency toward standardized forms.
- Melody formation changes from declamatory to monody and ultimately aria.
- Text expression with ornamentation and word painting.
- Strings become more prominent than winds in instrumental music.
Summary list of works:
- Concerti ecclesiastici (Church Concertos), à 2-5 with basso continuo (Venice, 1642)
- Conc. eccl. opera seconda (Church Concertos, second volume), same (1644)
- Cath. Sonn- u. Feyertägl. Evangelia (Catholic Sundays and Feast days) (Würzburg, 1653)
- Die Psalmen d. Kgl. Propheten Davids (Psalms of the Royal Prophet David) (Frankfurt am Main, 1658)
- Sacrarum cantionum opus tertium (Sacred Songs Op. 3), à 2-5 with basso continuo (Konstanz, 1656)
- Plectrum musicum, instrumental (Frankfurt am Main, 1662)
- Harmonia instrumentalis, treatise (Würzburg, 1664)
- Doubtful attribution: Veni sancte spiritus, for 4 voices, 4 instruments and basso continuo (MS. in Würzburg library)
From YouTube: Sonata 9 for bassoons and continuo in C major (Plectrum Musicum, Op. 4), a short work first in the original instrumentation, then performed on trombone and dulcian. A third YouTube video was recently deleted due to copyright issues.
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(1) Gottron, Adam, "Buchner, Philipp Friedrich." Neue Deutsche Biographie 2 (1955), S. 708 f. [Online edition]; (URL: http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118868829.html (05/11/2014))
(2)"Claudio Monteverdi." Wikipedia entry. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi (05/11/2014))