Friedrich Wilhelm Birnstiel

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Friedrich Wilhelm Birnstiel was an 18th-century German music publisher known for publishing two volumes of four-part chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1760s. [1]

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Title page of Graun's Der Tod Jesu. Der Tod Jesu Textdruck 1755 Titelseite.jpg
Title page of Graun's Der Tod Jesu.

Friedrich Wilhelm Birnstiel was active as a publisher and editor of music between 1753 and 1782. [2]

Oden mit Melodien

Oden mit Melodien (odes with melodies) was published in two volumes:

The volumes contained works by Johann Friedrich Agricola, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Franz Benda, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Christian Gottfried Krause, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Christoph Nichelmann and Johann Joachim Quantz. [2]

Libretto of Graun's Der Tod Jesu cantata

In 1755 Birnstiel published Karl Wilhelm Ramler's libretto of Carl Heinrich Graun's cantata Der Tod Jesu . The music of this Passion setting was published five years later by Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf. [6]

Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst

The Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst  [ scores; wikisource:de ] (critical letters about musical composition) were published from 1759 to 1764, edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, who was also the author of most of the letters in this collection. [7] They were published in three volumes:

Musikalisches Allerley

Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel's Enharmonische Claviersonate in the second volume (13th instalment) of Musikalisches Allerley [scores]. Musikalisches Allerley Vol. 2 (Birnstiel 1761), p. 48 (Stolzel's Enharmonische Claviersonate).jpg
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel's Enharmonische Claviersonate in the second volume (13th instalment) of Musikalisches Allerley  [ scores ].

Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern (musical miscellaneous by various composers):

Contains compositions by, among others, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Thielemann Cramer  [ scores ], Jean-François Dandrieu, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Carl Heinrich Graun, August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Christian Gottfried Krause, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Christoph Nichelmann, Johann Joachim Quantz, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt, Johann Heinrich Rolle, Johann Philipp Sack  [ de ], Christian Friedrich Schale  [ fr ], Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel  [ scores ]. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Johann Philipp Kirnbergers Clavierübungen mit der Bachischen Applicatur

Johann Philipp Kirnbergers Clavierübungen mit der Bachischen Applicatur were published in four volumes from 1761 to 1766: [20]

Descriptions of painting collections

Descriptions of painting collections, both published in 1763:

Kirnberger's Construction der gleichschwebenden Temperatur

Kirnberger's Construction der gleichschwebenden Temperatur was published in 1764. [27]

Kleine Sing- und Spielstücke fürs Clavier

The Kleine Sing- und Spielstücke fürs Clavier von verschiedenen Meistern volumes contained mostly material that had already been published before, for instance as examples in Marpurg's Kritische Briefe:

Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesänge

The first volume of Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesänge was published in 1765, and the second volume in 1769. [1] [30] Each volume contained 100 chorale harmonisations, most of them by Johann Sebastian Bach. [31]

Adlung's Musica mechanica organoedi and Musikalisches Siebengestirn

Jakob Adlung's Musica mechanica organoedi and Musikalisches Siebengestirn were published in 1768. [33] [34]

Berlinisches litterarisches Wochenblatt

Editions of the Berlinisches litterarisches Wochenblatt (Berlin literary weekly) were grouped in volumes:

Müller's Drey Sonaten for keyboard duet

Drey Sonaten, fürs Clavier: als Doppelstücke für zwo Personen mit vier Händen by Christian Heinrich Müller  [ scores ] was published in 1782. [39]

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In the period following Johann Sebastian Bach's death in 1750, apart from the publication of The Art of Fugue in the early 1750s, the only further publications prior to the 1790s were the settings of Bach's four-part chorales. In 1758 Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg was the first to start preparing a published edition of Bach's four-part chorales, but in 1763 was prevented by royal duties. C. P. E. Bach, who owned the original manuscripts, then set about the same task, producing two volumes in 1765 and 1769. Dissatisfied with his publisher Friedrich Wilhelm Birnstiel, he surrendered the manuscript rights in 1771 to Johann Kirnberger and his patron Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia. From 1777 onwards, Kirnberger unsuccessfully made requests to Birnstiel and a new publisher, Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, to publish the chorales. Following Kirnberger's death in 1783, C.P.E. Bach approached Breitkopf, who published them in four volumes between 1784 and 1787.

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References

  1. 1 2 RISM   00000990003402, Johann Sebastian Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesänge, gesammlet von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
  2. 1 2 The Correspondence of Christian Gottfried Krause: A Music Lover in the Age of Sensibility , p. 124, at Google Books
  3. ↑ ODEN mit Melodien. Erster Theil at Munich Digitization Center website.
  4. ↑ Hans-Günter Ottenberg (1992). "Die 1. berliner Liederschüle im Urteil der zeitgenössischen Presse", pp. 247ff in Studien zum deutschen weltlichen Kunstlied des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts edited by Gudrun Busch and Anthony John Harper, Vol. 12 of Chloe: Beihefte zum Daphnis. Rodopi.
  5. ↑ Jahrbuch des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 1999 , p. 32, at Google Books
  6. ↑ A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 3: the Oratorio in the Classical Era , p. 403, at Google Books
  7. ↑ OCLC   4882134, Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst.
  8. ↑ Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst, Vol. 1 at the Internet Archive , urn : nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10527413-0, urn : nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10527411-9
  9. ↑ Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst, Vol. 2 at the Internet Archive , urn : nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10527412-4= Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst (II) at Google Books
  10. ↑ Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst, Vol. 3 at Berlin State Library website.
  11. 1 2 Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 1ste Sammlung (1760 - 1761) at University of Bonn website.
  12. 1 2 Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 2te Sammlung (1761) at University of Bonn website.
  13. 1 2 Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 3te Sammlung (1761) at University of Bonn website.
  14. 1 2 Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 4te Sammlung (1761) at University of Bonn website.
  15. 1 2 Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 5te Sammlung (1761) at University of Bonn website.
  16. 1 2 Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 6te Sammlung (1761 - 1762) at University of Bonn website.
  17. 1 2 Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 7te Sammlung (1762) at University of Bonn website.
  18. 1 2 Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern: 8te Sammlung (1763) at University of Bonn website.
  19. ↑ OCLC   930856857, Musikalisches Allerley von verschiedenen Tonkünstlern, 9te Sammlung
  20. ↑ OCLC   977981450, Clavierübungen, mit der Bachischen Applicatur, in einer Folge von den leichtesten bis zu den schwersten Stücken.
  21. ↑ Johann Philipp Kirnbergers Clavierübungen mit der bachischen Applicatur, 1 at Berlin University of the Arts website.
  22. ↑ Johann Philipp Kirnbergers Clavierübungen mit der bachischen Applicatur, 2 at Berlin University of the Arts website.
  23. ↑ Johann Philipp Kirnbergers Clavierübungen mit der bachischen Applicatur, 3 at Berlin University of the Arts website.
  24. ↑ Johann Philipp Kirnbergers Clavierübungen mit der bachischen Applicatur, 4 at Berlin University of the Arts website.
  25. ↑ Beschreibung des Cabinets von Gemählden verschiedener berühmten Mahler des Herrn Johann Gottlieb Stein at archive.org website; at HathiTrust website (full view)
  26. ↑ Des Herrn Daniel Stenglin in Hamburg Sammlung von italienischen, holländischen und deutschen Gemählden at HathiTrust website; Des Herrn Daniel Stenglin in Hamburg Sammlung von Italienischen, Holländischen und Deutschen Gemählden at Berlin State Library website.
  27. ↑ Construktion der gleichschwebenden Temperatur at Munich Digitization Center website.
  28. 1 2 Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek: Anhang, Volume 1 , p. 2, at Google Books
  29. ↑ Wöchentliche Nachrichten und Anmerkungen, die Musik betreffend, Volume 73 , p. 110, at Google Books
  30. ↑ Schulze 2003, pp.  10–11.
  31. ↑ Druck Choralsammlung Birnstiel, Teil I: 1765 and Birnstiel, Teil II: 1769 at Bach Digital website.
  32. ↑ Works 00337, An Wasserflüssen Babylon / Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld, and 01514, Ich hebe meine Augen auf, at Bach Digital website.
  33. ↑ Musica mechanica organoedi at the Internet Archive
  34. ↑ Musikalisches Siebengestirn at Munich Digitization Center website.
  35. ↑ Berlinisches litterarisches wochenblatt, Volume 1 of 1776 at Google Books; at HathiTrust (full view)
  36. ↑ Berlinisches litterarisches wochenblatt, Volume 2 of 1776 at Google Books; at HathiTrust (full view)
  37. ↑ Berlinisches litterarisches wochenblatt, Volume 1 of 1777 at Google Books
  38. ↑ Berlinisches litterarisches wochenblatt, Volume 2 of 1777 at Google Books; at HathiTrust (full view)
  39. ↑ Drey Sonaten, fürs Clavier: als Doppelstücke für zwo Personen mit vier Händen at Munich Digitization Center website.

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