Scheidemann - Organ Works, Vol 2

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Cat No: 8554203

Release Date: 01 January 2000

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Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: Scheidemann - Organ Works, Vol 2

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Heinrich Scheidemann(c. 1595-1663)Works for Organ,Volume 2Heinrich Scheidemann was born in about 1595 in Wohrden, Holstein wherehis father David was organist. By 1604 the family had moved to Hamburg, whenDavid Scheidemann became the organist of Catharinen?¡kirche. During theseventeenth century Hanseatic Hamburg was a thriving town with a strong economyand a flourishing culture. The town's location close to the river Elbe and thedifferent seas made it ideal for merchants from a variety of ports. Organistswere highly esteemed in these prosperous times, and the Scheidemann familysurely benefited from the city's goodwill. Young Heinrich must have impressedthe congregation's elders directly, as from 1611 to 1614 the parish of theCatharinenkirche supported Heinrich during his studies with Jan PieterszoonSweelinck in Amsterdam. Not much else is known about Heinrich Scheidemann until1629, when he succeeded his father as organist at the Catharinenkirche, servingalso as clerk for the congregation. A further indication of the organist's highstatus was the congregation's arrangement with the city to exempt Scheidemannfrom taxes and from conscription. He enjoyed a considerable reputation as anorganist, composer and teacher during his lifetime, and his students includedhis successor Johann Adam Reinken and Jacob Lorentz, the grandson ofScheidemann's colleague Jacob Praetorius. He died in 1663, probably a victim ofthe plague that ravaged Hamburg during this period.A large part of Scheidemann's music was unknown until the 1950s, whenimportant documents were discovered by Gustav Pock in the Calvorschen Bibliotekat Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany. As a result of this discovery, Scheidemann' swork was revealed as the largest surviving body of composition from among thestudents of Sweelinck. Sweelinck's influence is obvious in the music ofScheidemann, particularly in the virtuoso clavier-style inspired by the Englishvirginalists and the vocal Italian style. Scheidemann combined these ideas withnewer elements, inspired by the large North German organs, as, for example, thefour-manual organ at the Catharinenkirche, rebuilt and extended during theperiod of Scheidemann's tenure.One new stylistic element was Scheidemann's method of lifting out anornamented solo-voice on one manual, with continuo accompaniment by two voiceson another manual and a third in the pedal. Another new element typical toScheidemann was the use of echo effects between the various manuals, directlyreflecting the larger organ of Catharinenkirche relative to Sweelinck's organin the Oudekerk in Amsterdam.Scheidemann's organ-music can be divided into two categories: freelycomposed works, and compositions based on a melody or cantus firmus. Onthis recording the two Praeambula, the Toccata, Fantasy and Fuguecan be placed in the first group, although probably the Toccata and Fantasywere intended originally for harpsichord. The other pieces on the recordingare based on a cantus firmus. The two verses of Lobe
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