Geistliche Gespra?che und Psalmen auff Concerten-Manier, so wol vocaliter, als instrumentaliter, mit sechs Stimmen, nebenst dem Basso continus.

Gotha: Reyhern. 1674. First Edition. Instrumentum Primum [Violino Imo] [one of six partbooks]. Disbound 8vo, self-printed wrapper. [32] pp, unpaginated. Coll.: [A1]-[D4], in 4’s, title leaf as [A1]. Rare. Worldcat records only a single copy of the Altus part from this edition.

The German organist, teacher, and composer was appointed in 1650 by Duke Ernst the Pious to his court at Gotha as cantor and music tutor to his family, and he eventually rose to the post of Kapellmeister. He became well-known through his work in Gotha, and it was there that he became acquainted with Johann Rudolph Ahle and members of the Bach family. Prolific in his sacred music output, he completed 24 published collections between 1654 and 1709 and also wrote several "occasional" pieces and some secular works. At Darmstadt he produced several stage works, but none of that music has survived. His writing for voices is clear and eloquent, and his contrapuntal choruses are direct forerunners of those by Bach. (11143)

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