Georg Böhm (1661-1733) - Kantate 'Jauchzet Gott, alle Land'

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Composer: Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Work: Kantate 'Jauchzet Gott, alle Land'
Performers: lrmeIа Brüngеr (soprano); lngа Schnеider (soprano); Beаt Duddеck (alto); Jörn Lindemаnn (tenor); Mаrkus FIаig (bass); CapeIIa Sаncti Georgi; Musicа AItа Ripа

Painting: Johann Salomon Wahl (1689-1765) - A Banquet at the Court of the German Emperor Charles VI
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Georg Böhm
(Hohenkirchen, 2 September 1661 - Lüneburg, 18 May 1733)

German composer and organist. He is specially important for his influence on the young J.S. Bach and for his development of the chorale partite. Böhm received his early musical training from his father, who was a schoolmaster and organist; it presumably involved visits to Ohrdruf, where the Kantor was Johann Heinrich Hildebrand. His father died in 1675, and he continued his education at the Lateinschule at Goldbach and then at the Gymnasium at Gotha, where he graduated in 1684. In both towns, especially at Gotha, which was a ducal seat, there were Kantors and organists who, like Hildebrand, had been trained by members of the Bach family, Heinrich of Arnstadt and Johann Christian of Erfurt, and who could further Böhm’s development. He matriculated at the University of Jena on 28 August 1684. By 1693 he had moved to Hamburg. There is no record of his filling any church position there, but as a well-educated man in a large, prosperous city he no doubt found other suitable employment while he completed a rather late musical apprenticeship. There was much to influence him in Hamburg: Kusser, a pupil of Lully, directed French and Italian works at the opera; at St Katharinen J.A. Reincken was master of a large, four-manual organ; he may also have heard Vincent Lübeck at nearby Stade, or Buxtehude at Lübeck. In 1697 Christian Flor, organist of the Johanniskirche at Lüneburg, died, and Böhm petitioned the town council for an audition, hinting that he did not have any regular employment. He was chosen unanimously and held the post until his death. He oversaw Matthias Dropa’s complete rebuilding of the Johanniskirche organ in 1712–14. The question of his successor was not without considerable unhappiness. Of his five sons, Jakob Christian showed great promise and might well have graced the position, but he died before his musical studies were complete. The authorities then selected Brand Tobias Ludolph, who, despite a physical handicap, was trained in music, but he died suddenly in May 1732. The position finally went to Böhm’s son-in-law, Ludwig Ernst Hartmann.