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Mathias Gastritz (Composer) |
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Born: c1535
Died: December 9, 1596 - Amberg, Bavaria, Germany. |
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Mathias Gastritz [Gastharts, Gastatz, Gastritzsch, Latin Castricius] ,) was a German organist and composer of the Renaissance. He was appointed Organist of the City of Amberg on December 22, 1561 and served for nearly 30 years. After litigation and personal insults he resigned in 1589 from the office. Among his students was probably the composer Andreas Raselius.
Mathias Gastritz's compositions are in the older motet tradition of the 16th century. They are characterized by a transparent imitation technique and syllabic text declamation; Polyphonic initial imitations usually lead to a clear, homophonic soundtrack. One of his best-known compositions is the five-part Lied Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, O Herr (Zahn 8326), set to a text by Martin Schalling (1569). |
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Novae harmonicae cantiones ut piae, ita etiam suaves et iucundae, quinque vocibus cocinnante, et nunc primum in lucem editae (Nürnberg 1569), U. Neuber (with Latin preface, Latin ode Georg Ludwig Agricola and a letter of Martin Luther to Ludwig Senfl)
Teutsche und lateinische Lieder with 4 voices (Nürnberg 1569)
Kurtze u. sonderliche Newe Symbola etlicher Fürsten und Herrn, neben andern mehr schönen liedlein mit fünff und vier Stimmen, auff alle Instrument zu gebrauchen gantz dienstlich, Componirt (Nürnberg, 1571) |
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Source: German Wikipedia Website (December 2016), English translation by Aryeh Oron (October 2018)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2018) |
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Chorale Melodies used in Bach’s Vocal Works |
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Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, O Herr (1571; Zahn 8326), modified by Bernhard Schmid (1577) |
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Links to other Sites |
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Mathias Gastritz (Wikipedia) [German]
Deutsche Biographie: Gastritz, Matthias [German] |
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Bibliography |
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Moriz Fürstenau : Gastritz, Matthias. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 8 (Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878), S. 408
Helmut Schwämmlein: Mathias Gastritz, ein Komponist der „Oberen Pfalz“ im 16. Jahrhundert – Leben und Werk.(Bosse, Regensburg o. J., 1985) |
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