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Wolfgang Carl Briegel
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Wolfgang Carl Briegel (21 May 1626, Königsberg, Bavaria – 19 November 1712, Darmstadt, Germany) was a German organist, teacher, and composer. As a boy he was a student in Nuremberg and sang in the Frauenkirche choir. He later studied at the University of Altdorf and became the organist at St. Johannis church and a grammar school teacher in Schweinfurt. In 1650 Duke Ernst the Pious appointed him to his court at Gotha as cantor and music tutor to his family, and he eventually rose to the post of Kapellmeister. He became well-known through his work in Gotha, and it was there that he became acquainted with Johann Rudolph Ahle and members of the Bach family. Duke Ernst's eldest daughter, the wife of Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt, called Briegel to Darmstadt as Kapellmeister in 1671. He stayed in this post until his death, but in his later years he was assisted by Christoph Graupner and Ernst Christian Hesse. Briegel was prolific in his sacred music output, completing 24 published collections between 1654 and 1709. He also wrote several "occasional" pieces and some secular works.[2] He attracted attention with the publication of his Evangelische Gespräch, a set of dialogue cantatas for the liturgical year in varied forms made up of solos, choruses and chorales.[1] Another set of his works, the Evangelischer Blumengarten, is a group of motets and meditative choral songs. Among his solo songs are settings of odes by Andreas Gryphius, perhaps the only set of German Baroque
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Ach, Herr, lehre doch mich
562Dies ist der Tag des Fröhligkeit
40312 Madrigalische Trostgesänge: No. 1, Wer Gott vertraut
35412 Madrigalische Trostgesänge: No. 5, Du aber, Daniel
65Stehe auf Joseph (1)
56Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied
57Amor Jesu dulcissimus
58Stehe auf Joseph (2)
5912 Madrigalische Trostgesänge: No. 3, Valet will ich dir geben
510Fugen durch die 8 Kirchentöne: No. 6, Fuga sexti toni
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