About Salomon Franck
Lived 1659 – 1725 (aged 66). Salomon Franck was a German poet, writer, librettist, poet lawyer, lawyer and librarian.
Salomon (also Salomo) Franck, 6 March 1659 – 11 July 1725), was a German lawyer, scientist, and poet. Franck was working at Weimar at the same time as the composer Johann Sebastian Bach and he was the librettist of some of the best-known Bach cantatas.
Biography Franck was born in Weimar. After studying law and theology at Jena he held government posts at Zwickau, Arnstadt, Jena and Weimar, where he died.
In 1717, Franck published a collection of sacred texts titled Evangelische Sonn- und Festtages Andachten auf Hochfürstliche Gnädigste Verordnung zur Fürstlich Sächsischen Weimarischen Hof-Capell-Music in Geistlichen Arien erwecket von Salomon Francken, Fürstlich Sächsischen Gesamten Ober-Consistorial-Secretario in Weimar. Weimar und Jena bey Johann Felix Bielcken. 1717.
Collaboration with Bach He wrote the text for Bach's earliest secular cantata (1713), Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (BWV 208) in which, following the custom of the day, he drew upon mythological characters. He also most likely wrote the text for BWV 12, BWV 172 and BWV 21.
Works Madrigalische Seelen-Lust über das heilige Leiden unsers Erlösers (1697) Cycle of cantatas for the Liturgical year 1714/1715: Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer Cycle of cantatas for the Liturgical year 1715/1716: Evangelische Seelen-Lust Cycle of cantatas for the Liturgical year 1716/1717: Evangelische Sonn- und Fest-Tages-Andachten Heliconische Ehren-, Liebes- und Trauer-Fackeln, Weimar, Jena (1718)
Texts set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach probably by Salomon Franck (1714) Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182, 25 March 1714 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, 22 April 1714 Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172, 20 May 1714 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, 17 June 1714
From Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer (1715) Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132 Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152 Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155 Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31 O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165 Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185 Komm, du süße Todesstunde, BWV 161 Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162 Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163 Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, BWV 168 Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164 Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72
From Evangelische Sonn- und Fest-Tages-Andachten (1717) Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70a Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186a Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a
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German lawyer, scientist, and poet
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Salomon Franck was born on 6 March 1659 in Weimar.
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Salomon Franck died on 11 July 1725 in Weimar.
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Salomon Franck was a poet, writer, librettist, poet lawyer, lawyer and librarian.
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