About Johann Wolfgang Franck
Lived 1644 – 1710 (aged 65–66). Johann Wolfgang Franck was a German composer.
Johann Wolfgang Franck (17 June 1644 in Unterschwaningen, Mittelfranken – c. 1710 in London) was a German baroque composer.
Life He worked from 1673 to 1679 as Kapellmeister in Ansbach and then lived from 1679 to 1690 in Hamburg. Here he initially composed several geistliche Sing-Spiele for the Oper am Gänsemarkt. From 1682 to 1685 he held the position of cantor in St. Mary's Cathedral. From 1690 he lived in London. Together with Robert King, he went there first as a concert promoter (1690 to 1693) and was thereafter only active as composer. Besides operas, he produced some songs (especially for the Concerts in London), cantatas and numerous hymn tunes.
Works
Operas Die errettete Unschuld, oder Andromeda und Perseus, Ansbach, 1675 Der verliebte Föbus, Ansbach, 1678 Die drey Töchter (des) Cecrops, Ansbach, 1679 Don Pedro, oder Die abgestraffte Eyffersucht, Hamburg, 1679 Die macchabaeische Mutter mit ihren sieben Söhnen, Hamburg, 1679 Pastorelle, Lustschloss, Triesdorff, Ansbach, 1679 Die wohl- und beständig-liebende Michal, oder Der siegende und fliehende David, Hamburg, 1679 Aeneae, des trojanischen Fürsten Ankunft in Italien, Hamburg, 1680 Alceste, Hamburg, 1680 Sein selbst Gefangener, Hamburg, 1680 Charitine, oder Göttlich-Geliebte, Hamburg, 1681 Hannibal, Hamburg, 1681 Semele, Hamburg, 1681 Vespasian, Hamburg, 1681 Attila, Hamburg, 1682 Diocletianus, Hamburg, 1682 Der glückliche Gross-Vezier Cara Mustaphaen, Hamburg, 1686
Incidental music Love’s Last Shift, London, 1696 The Judgment of Paris, London, 1702 3 lost dramatic works
Cantatas 11 Cantatas 61 lost cants. 12 lost Tafelstücke
Sacred and secular songs Passionsgedanken (lost) Geistliche Lieder, 2vv, opt. bc Hamburg, 1681, repr. in Geistliches Gesangbuch M. Heinrich Elmenhorsts besungene Vorfallungen, 1v, bc Hamburg, 1682, repr. in Geistliches Gesangbuch Geistliches Gesangbuch, 1v, bc Hamburg, 1685, repr. with works by G. Böhm and P.L. Wockenfuss in M. Heinrich Elmenhorsts … geistreiche Lieder Erster Theil musicalischer Andachten, 1v, bc Hamburg, 1687 Remedium melancholiae, or The Remedy of Melancholy, 1v, bc, 1690 A New Song on King William (London, c1690) 15 Songs in the Gentleman’s Journal (1692–4) O Jesus, Grant Me Hope and Comfort
Instrumental 6 2vl sonatas, lost
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Who was Johann Wolfgang Franck?
German baroque composer
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Johann Wolfgang Franck was born in 1644 in Unterschwaningen.
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Johann Wolfgang Franck died in 1710 in London.
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Johann Wolfgang Franck was a composer.
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Johann Wolfgang Franck was German.
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