Johann Weichmann

Johann Weichmann (also Wichmann) (9 January 1620 – 24 July 1652) was a German composer.

Johann Weichmann was born in Wolgast. He studied music in Wolgast and Hamelin and spent three years in Danzig. Weichmann studied in Königsberg from 1840 to 1843, became an organist in Wehlau in 1843, and later returned to Königsbert. Weichmann was cantor and music director at the Altstadt Church from 1847, a position he held until his death. He died on 24 July 1652 in Königsberg, aged 32.[1]

A prolific composer of both sacred and secular music, Weichmann belonged to the same school of Königsberg song composers as Heinrich Albert and Georg Neumark. His most important collection, Sorgen-Lägerin, consists of 65 strophic songs set to texts by Martin Opitz and Johann Franck, published in 1648 in Königsberg. The composer's sacred works are mostly lost, including a cantata on Psalm 133.[1] Of the surviving church music, the more elaborate ones likely originated from his time as a cantor.[2] Weichmann also wrote a number of occasional music, including various songs, a Kyrie, a Benedictus, a mass, and several motets.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Baron, John H. (2001). "Weichmann, Johann". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 27 (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5. ‎
  2. ^ Baron, John H. (1968). "Weichmann, Johann". In Blume, Friedrich (ed.). Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Vol. 14 (1st ed.). Kassel: Bärenreiter. col. 369–370.
  3. ^ Eitner, Robert (1896). "Weichmann, Johann". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 41. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 443–444.
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