Georg Christoph Strattner
Georg Christoph Strattner (c. 1645 – April 1704) was a German church musician, composer, and hymn writer. Strattner was born in Gols, then in the Hungarian Burgenland.
Georg Christoph Strattner
Text: Joachim Neander · Joachimi Neandri Vermehrte Glaub- und Liebes-Ubung: Auffgemuntert durch einfältige Bundes-Lieder, und Dank-Psalmen. Frankfurt/M.-Leipzig 1708, S. 136f. · Public domain
- Name
- Georg Christoph Strattner
- Born
- c. 1645
- Birthplace
- Gols, Burgenland, Austria
- Died
- 1704 04
- Place of death
- Weimar, Germany
- Known for
- Hymn melodies
- Occupation
- Musician, composer, hymn writer
- Nationality
- Holy Roman Empire
- Languages
- German
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He received his first musical training from his cousin Samuel Capricornus who was the music director at the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Preßburg. At age fourteen, he became a choir boy at the Stuttgart court chapel. In 1694, he found employment at the court chapel in Weimar and was promoted to vice capellmeister (Particulier Kammermusikus und Vice-Capellmeister) in 1695, succeeding August Kühnel, with Samuel Drese as capellmeister. Strattner composed several cantatas of which about twenty are extant in manuscripts, and hymns, often with melodies like arias. His hymns include ‘Father, lead me day by day’. He composed melodies for hymns by Joachim Neander for a new 1691 publication. Strattner’s melody for "Himmel, Erde, Luft und Meer" is still part of hymnals. Strattner died in Weimar where he was buried on 11 April 1704.
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Georg Christoph Strattner was a composer, Kapellmeister, conductor and singer, born in 1644 in Gols and died in 1704 in Weimar. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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• Name — Georg Christoph Strattner • Born — c. 1645 • Birthplace — Gols, Burgenland, Austria • Died — 1704 04 • Place of death — Weimar, Germany • Known for — Hymn melodies • Occupation — Musician, composer, hymn writer
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Strattner was married twice; his second wedding was in 1689 to Anna Elisabeth Abt Bischofs.
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• (ed): Joachimi Neandri Vermehrte Glaub- und Liebes-Ubung: Auffgemuntert durch einfältige Bundes-Lieder/ Und Danck-Psalmen; Gegründet auff den zwischen Gott und dem Sünder im Blut Jesu befestigten Friedens-Schluß/ Zu lesen und zu singen auff Reisen/ Zu Hauß/ oder bey Christ-Ergetzungen im Grünen/ Durch ein geheiligtes Hertzens-Halleluja. Franckfurt: Andreä, 1691
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* • Hermann Schemmel: Strattner, Georg Christoph. In: Wolfgang Herbst (ed.): Komponisten und Liederdichter des evangelischen Gesangbuchs. (= Handbuch zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch; vol. 2). Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999, p. 316
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