Thomas Selle
born on 23/3/1599 in Zörbig, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
died on 2/7/1663 in Hamburg, Germany
Thomas Selle
Thomas Selle (23 March 1599 – 2 July 1663) was a seventeenth century German baroque composer.
Life
Selle was born in Zörbig but received his first instruction in Leipzig where he was probably a pupil of the Thomaskantor Sethus Calvisius. Selle was cantor in Heide (Holstein) in 1624 and in 1625 in nearby Wesselburen. From 1634 he was cantor in Itzehoe and from 1641 Music Director at the Johanneum of the four main churches of Hamburg; from 1642 as well as minor canon at St Mary's. He died in Hamburg.
Works
Sacred
- Hagio-deca-melydrion, 14vv, bc (1627)
- Monomachia harmonico-latina et ritornellis, congressus prior, 2, 5, 6vv, bc (1630)
- Monophonia harmonico-latina, 13, 6vv, bc (1633)
- Concertuum binis vocibus decas, 2vv, bc (1634)
- Concertuum trivocalium germanico-sacrorum pentas, 3vv, bc (1635)
- Concertuum latino-sacrorum pentas, 2, 4vv, bc (1635)
- Concertuum latino-sacrorum liber primus, 2, 4, 5vv, bc (Rostock, 1646)
- 58 works in J. Rist. Sabbathische Seelenlust (Lüneburg, 1651)
- 52 works in J. Rist: Nene musikalische Festandachten (Lüneburg, 1655)
- Monomachia harmonico-latina et ritornellis, congressus posterior, 2, 5, 6vv, bc, 1630
- Passio in dialogo secundum Matthaeum, 10vv, bc, 1642
- Passio secundum Johannem cum intermediis, 12, 5, 4vv, bc, 1643
- Passio secundum Johannem, sine intermediis, 6, 5vv, bc, after 1643
- Die Aufferstehung Christi nach den 4 Evangelisten, 8, l4vv, bc
- Contrapunctus simplex, 4, 5vv, bc
- Chorus fidicinius etlicher Kirchen-Psalmen, 2-7vv, bc
- 10 motets, 8vv
Secular
- Concertatio castalidum, a 3 (1624)
- Deliciae pastorum arcadiae, 10 Pastorellen, a 3 (1624)
- Deliciarum juvenilium decas harmonica-bivocalis, 2vv, bc (1634)
- Amorum musicalium decas I, a 3 (1635)
- Monophonetica, hoc est, Allerhand lustige Liedlein, 1v, bc (1636)
- 25 wedding songs
- 7 funeral songs
- 2 songs
Theoretical Works
- Kurtze doch grüntliche Anleitung zur Singekunst, D-Hs
Editions
- 6 geistliche Konzerte, bearbeitet von A. Egidi, Berlin 1929
- Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes mit Intermedien, herausgegeben von R. Gerber, Wolfenbüttel 1933
References
- German Wikipedia article
- Werner Braun and Juergen Neubacher article in New Grove Dictionary of Music
- S. Günther: Die geistliche Konzertmusik von Thomas Selle nebst einer Biographie. Dissertation Gießen 1935
- J. Birke: Die Passionsmusiken von Thomas Selle (1599 - 1663), Dissertation Heidelberg 1957
- W. Braun: Thomas Selles Lasso-Bearbeitungen, Jahrbuch der Kirchenmusik XLVII, 1963
- Thomas Selle (1599-1663). Beiträge zu Leben und Werk des Hamburger Kantors und Komponisten anlässlich seines 400. Geburtstages. Herzberg 2000
External links
- Stadt Zörbig, Berühmte Söhne der Stadt Zörbig (German)
- Free scores by Thomas Selle in the International Music Score Library Project
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