Fridolin Sicher - Revision history

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Born in Bischofszell, Sicher moved to Konstanz in 1503 to study the organ with Martin Vogelmayer until the following year. Later, in 1512, and again for no more than a year, he studied with [[Johannes Buchner]] in that same town. Having joined the Sankt Gallen abbey in 1516 and left thirteen years later after a raid by local Calvinists, his duties as a scribe and one of the organists included organ accompaniment of ~~the~~ Vespers and Compline. ~~As a~~ devout Catholic, he fled north to Ensisheim in 1531 to escape the advancing Reformation. At his most productive, during the late 1520s, Sicher simultaneously held posts at St. Gallen, Bischofszell, and Regensberg. Eventually, he moved back to Bischofszell in 1537 and spent the last years of his life there.		Born in Bischofszell, Sicher moved to Konstanz in 1503 to study the organ with Martin Vogelmayer until the following year. Later, in 1512, and again for no more than a year, he studied with [[Johannes Buchner]] in that same town. Having joined the Sankt-Gallen abbey in 1516 and left thirteen years later after a raid by local Calvinists, his duties as a scribe and one of the organists included organ accompaniment of Vespers and Compline. A devout Catholic, he fled north to Ensisheim in 1531 to escape the advancing Reformation. At his most productive, during the late 1520s, Sicher simultaneously held posts at St. Gallen, Bischofszell, and Regensberg. Eventually, he moved back to Bischofszell in 1537 and spent the last years of his life there.

	== Works ==		== Works ==
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	== References ==		== References ==
	Warburton, T. A. (1969). ''Fridolin Sicher's tablature: A guide to keyboard performance of vocal music'' Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.		Warburton, T. A. (1969). ''Fridolin Sicher's tablature: A guide to keyboard performance of vocal music'' Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.

			Apel, W. (1967). ''Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700''. Kassel, Bärenreiter Verlag.

	[[Category:Composers]][[Category:Organists]][[Category:Renaissance]]		[[Category:Composers]][[Category:Organists]][[Category:Renaissance]]

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	== Works ==		== Works ==
	Within Sicher's manuscript, only two works are attributed to him, both being organ settings of the Christmas carol Resonet in laudibus.		Within Sicher's manuscript, only two works are attributed to him, both being organ settings of the Christmas carol ''Resonet in laudibus''. A third composition, titled ''Mich hat das glück'', was in the collection of the Humanist Bonifacius Amerbach of Basel, who was likely well-acquainted with Sicher and his output.

	== References ==		== References ==
	Warburton, T. A. (1969). ''Fridolin Sicher's tablature: A guide to keyboard performance of vocal music'' Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.		Warburton, T. A. (1969). ''Fridolin Sicher's tablature: A guide to keyboard performance of vocal music'' Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.

	~~Apel, W. (1967). ''Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700''. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag.~~

	~~Young, W. (1962). ''Keyboard music to 1600 I''. Musica Disciplina, vol. 16. Mergelberg: American Institute of Musicology Verlag.~~

	[[Category:Composers]][[Category:Organists]][[Category:Renaissance]]		[[Category:Composers]][[Category:Organists]][[Category:Renaissance]]

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	== References ==		== References ==
	Warburton, T. A. (1969). ''Fridolin Sicher's tablature: A guide to keyboard performance of vocal music'' Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.		Warburton, T. A. (1969). ''Fridolin Sicher's tablature: A guide to keyboard performance of vocal music'' Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.

	Apel, W. (1967). ''Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700''. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag.		Apel, W. (1967). ''Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700''. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag.

	Young, W. (1962). ''Keyboard music to 1600 I''. Musica Disciplina, vol. 16. Mergelberg: American Institute of Musicology Verlag.		Young, W. (1962). ''Keyboard music to 1600 I''. Musica Disciplina, vol. 16. Mergelberg: American Institute of Musicology Verlag.

			[[Category:Composers]][[Category:Organists]][[Category:Renaissance]]

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'''Fridolin Sicher''' (1490-1546) was a Swiss organist and composer. He is notable for compiling [[CH-SGs Cod. Sang. 530|a tablature]] containing intabulations of preexisting vocal music, as well as original works for the organ, mostly by other organists of the Swiss-German Renaissance.

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== Biography ==
Born in Bischofszell, Sicher moved to Konstanz in 1503 to study the organ with Martin Vogelmayer until the following year. Later, in 1512, and again for no more than a year, he studied with [[Johannes Buchner]] in that same town. Having joined the Sankt Gallen abbey in 1516 and left thirteen years later after a raid by local Calvinists, his duties as a scribe and one of the organists included organ accompaniment of the Vespers and Compline. As a devout Catholic, he fled north to Ensisheim in 1531 to escape the advancing Reformation. At his most productive, during the late 1520s, Sicher simultaneously held posts at St. Gallen, Bischofszell, and Regensberg. Eventually, he moved back to Bischofszell in 1537 and spent the last years of his life there.

== Works ==
Within Sicher's manuscript, only two works are attributed to him, both being organ settings of the Christmas carol Resonet in laudibus.

== References ==
Warburton, T. A. (1969). ''Fridolin Sicher's tablature: A guide to keyboard performance of vocal music'' Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.
Apel, W. (1967). ''Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700''. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag.
Young, W. (1962). ''Keyboard music to 1600 I''. Musica Disciplina, vol. 16. Mergelberg: American Institute of Musicology Verlag.