Christoph Bernhard
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Christoph Bernhard (1 January 1628 – 14 November 1692) was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He was a German Baroque composer and musician. He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig (now Gdańsk) and in Warsaw. By the age of 20, he was singing at the electoral court in Dresden under Heinrich Schütz and composed some of the music for the Master's funeral. He then spent a year in Copenhagen to study singing with Agostino Fontana.
After his appointment as assistant kapellmeister in Dresden in 1655, Bernhard made two sojourns to Italy to further his musical education. When he was 35, he moved to Hamburg to work as the director of music for the Johanneum and for civic musical events. The next ten years were a golden age in the musical tradition of Hamburg: Bernhard and his good friend Matthias Weckmann performed together and directed the latest compositions from Italy and Vienna, as well as composing an important collection of music in finely-wrought counterpoint.
The Elector of Saxony recalled Bernhard to Dresden in 1674, where he returned as assistant kapellmeister. Six years later, the large - and primarily Italian - musical establishment in the city was greatly reduced, until Bernhard remained the only kapellmeister at court. He continued composing, directing and caring for the music library in Dresden until his death in 1692, at the age of 64. Bernhard left behind many sacred vocal works, a few secular compositions, and three important treatises on music, the most famous of which is the Tractatus compositionis augmentatus (ca. 1657), which was the source of the term passus duriusculus.
In the 21st century Bernhard was suggested as one of three possible composers of the Kyrie–Gloria Mass for double choir, BWV Anh. 167.
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- Klag- und Trost-Lied: Ich steh in Angst und Pein - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Kleine geistliche Konzerte I, Op. 8: Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten, SWV 282 - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Gott hilf mir, denn das Wasser gehet mir bis an die Seele - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Becker Psalter, Op. 5, Ps. 13: Ach Herr, wie lang willst du denn noch, SWV 109 - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, SWV 447 - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Klag- und Trost-Lied: Ihr Seelen, die Ihr durch den Tod - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Becker Psalter, Op. 5, Ps. 40: Ich harrete des Herren, SWV 137 - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Toccata in D Minor - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Becker Psalter, Op. 5, Ps. 103: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren, SWV 201 - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Vinetum evangelicum: An Gott recht gläuben - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Klag- und Trost-Lied: Wohl dem, der sich nur lässt - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Vinetum evangelicum: Mein Augen will ich immer - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Ich hebe meine Augen auf - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- ChristFürstliches Davids-Harpfen-Spiel: Gott lässet seine Sonn - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Die Seele Christi heilige mich - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Klag- und Trost-Lied: Wie ist der Mensch doch so betört - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Salve mi Jesu - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Canzon - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Arien: Ein Freund, ein Trunk, ein Leib, ein Sprung - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Arien: Wer lieben kann, der nehm es an - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Klag- und Trost-Lied: Dass alle Menschen sterben - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Klag- und Trost-Lied: Raffet auch der Tod - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- ChristFürstliches Davids-Harpfen-Spiel: Ach Jesu, meiner Seele Wonne - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- ChristFürstliches Davids-Harpfen-Spiel: Verlangen nach Gott - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- ChristFürstliches Davids-Harpfen-Spiel: Morgen Lied - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Teütscher Villanellen, Theil 1: Jetzung kömpt die Nacht herbei - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
- Arien: Der Liebe Macht herrscht Tag und Nacht - Seelentrost - Christoph Bernhard
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