Short Name: | Melchior Vulpius |
Full Name: | Vulpius, Melchior, ca. 1570-1615 |
Birth Year (est.): | 1570 |
Death Year: | 1615 |
Born into a poor family named Fuchs, Melchior Vulpius (b. Wasungen, Henneberg, Germany, c. 1570; d. Weimar, Germany, 1615) had only limited educational opportunities and did not attend the university. He taught Latin in the school in Schleusingen, where he Latinized his surname, and from 1596 until his death served as a Lutheran cantor and teacher in Weimar. A distinguished composer, Vulpius wrote a St. Matthew Passion (1613), nearly two hundred motets in German and Latin, and over four hundred hymn tunes, many of which became popular in Lutheran churches, and some of which introduced the lively Italian balletto rhythms into the German hymn tunes. His music was published in Cantiones Sacrae (1602, 1604), Kirchengesangund Geistliche Lieder (1604, enlarged as Ein schon geistlich Gesanglmch, 1609), and posthumously in Cantionale Sacrum (1646).
Bert Polman
Tunes by Melchior Vulpius (20) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Alleluia] (Vulpius) | Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1616 (Composer) | 4 | 11717 65545 43217 |
CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 207 | 13234 53654 32356 |
CHRIST IS MY LIFE | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 2 | 13234 55365 43235 |
[Das neugeborne Kindelein] | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 25 | 11154 35432 55676 |
DER TAG BRICHT AN | Melchior Vulpius (Composer (attributed to)) | 5 | 15554 13211 31567 |
DES HEILGEN GEISTES (Vulpius) | Melchior Vulpius, h. 1560-1615 (Composer) | 2 | 55576 54432 |
DIE HELLE SONN LEUCHT | M. Vulpius, c. 1560-1615 (Composer) | 11 | 13451 76555 45617 |
LUSATIA | M. Vulpius, 1560—1616 (Composer) | 5 | 32176 71123 42345 |
HEIDELBERG (Vulpius) | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 6 | 13236 53654 32356 |
HINUNTER IST DER SONNE | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 3 | 55134 54321 55313 |
LASST UNS ERFREUEN | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 1 | 11231 34511 23134 |
[Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming] (Vulpius 55565234) | Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1615 (Composer) | 2 | 55565 23423 17145 |
LOBET DEN HERREN | Melchior Vulpius (1560-1616) (Composer) | 1 | 51765 34554 35671 |
LOBT GOTT DEN HERREN, IHR | M. Vulpius, c. 1560-1615 (Composer) | 22 | 55531 76555 36431 |
NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND | Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1615 (Harmonizer) | 8 | 11732 12112 34345 |
PATMOS (Vulpius) | Vulpius (Composer) | 2 | 13254 32342 1 |
PHUVAH | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 11 | 13234 54354 3212 |
GELOBT SEI GOTT (Vulpius) | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 117 | 17655 67111 25176 |
JESU KREUZ, LEIDEN UND PEIN | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 37 | 32123 45654 32135 |
[Wo der Herr das Haus nicht bauet] | Melchior Vulpius (Composer) | 2 | 11554 43311 76766 |