Hermann Finck
Hermann Finck (21 March 1527 – 28 December 1558) was a German music theorist, composer and organist.
Hermann Finck
Hermann Finck · Practica Musica 1556 · Public domain
- Name
- Hermann Finck
- Born
- 21 March 1527
- Birthplace
- Pirna, Germany
- Died
- 28 December 1558
- Place of death
- Wittenberg, Germany
- Occupation
- Writer, Composer, Organist
- Nationality
- Germany
- Movements
- German Renaissance
- Languages
- Latin
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Hermann Finck (21 March 1527 – 28 December 1558) was a German music theorist, composer and organist.
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Key facts
• Name — Hermann Finck • Born — 21 March 1527 • Birthplace — Pirna, Germany • Died — 28 December 1558 • Place of death — Wittenberg, Germany • Occupation — Writer, Composer, Organist
Career
Career
Finck was born in Pirna, and died at Wittenberg. After 1553 he lived at Wittenberg, where he was organist, and there, in 1555, was published his collection of wedding songs. In 1545 he matriculated at Wittenberg University and then taught at the university from 1554 and became an organist in 1557.
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His most celebrated work is entitled Practica musica, exempla variorum signorum, proportionum, et canonum, judicium de tonis ac quaedam de arte suaviter et artificiose cantandi continens (Wittenberg, 1556). It is of great historic value, but very rare. In the work, he praised Gombert as a great master and he condemned the German organ style of the time for being noisy and amorphous. In book five, entitled, "On the Art of Singing Elegantly and Sweetly" he gave advice to singers.
Family
Family
Finck was the great-nephew of composer Heinrich Finck.
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Identity
Hermann Finck is recorded as composer, musicologist, music theorist, university teacher and music teacher.
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1558
Hermann Finck died at Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
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Pirna.
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Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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