Marcus Olter - Revision history

Fiskfan1999 at 12:46, 5 October 2026

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Olter was born in 1625 in ~~Meldorf~~, ~~a town about 50 kilometers northwest of Hamburg~~.		Olter was born in Wilster on February 20, 1625. Before 1653 he was the organist at ''St. Stephan-Kirche'' in Tangermünde, playing the three-manual organ built by [[Hans Scherer d.J.]] in 1624.

	In 1653 ~~he was in Meldorf, in Dithmarschen~~, ~~where~~ he was the organist at ~~the cathedral (~~St. ~~Johannis church)~~. ~~Before the beginning of this post, he was probably already the organist at St~~. ~~Stephen's Church~~ in ~~Tangermünde~~.		On April 19, 1653, he was appointed as the organist at ''St. Johannes-Kirche'' in Meldorf, playing a two-manual renaissance organ built by [[Hans Scherer d.A.]] in 1596 or 1597. He retained this organist position until his death on May 4, 1684.

	~~Marcus Olter passed away in~~ 1684.

	== Works ==		== Works ==
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	This piece is a canzona a 4 in three sections, each of which has a theme based on the ascending 5-note scale.		This piece is a canzona a 4 in three sections, each of which has a theme based on the ascending 5-note scale.

			The ''Canzon'' was published for the first time in the [[Max Seiffert]] series [[Organum IV]] in 1925. At that time, nothing was known about Marcus Olter other than his name appearing in this manuscript.

	== Links ==		== Links ==
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	== References ==		== References ==
	{{NdS2 2009}} 521-523.		{{NdS2 2009}} 521-523.

			[[Andreas Vollstedt\|Vollstedt, Andreas]]. "Ein Meldorfer Orgelmeister: Marcus Olter (1625-1684)". ''Dithmarschen Landeskunde, Kultur, Natur'' 3, 2017. 2-3.

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Olter was born in 1625 in Meldorf, a town about 50 kilometers northwest of Hamburg). In 1653 he was in ~~Dithmarschen~~, in ~~Bauern~~, where he was the organist at the cathedral (St. Johannis church). He probably ~~also worked as an~~ organist ~~in Meldorf (based on the suffix ''org~~. ~~zu Meldorff'~~' in ~~the piece found below)~~. He passed away in 1684.		Olter was born in 1625 in Meldorf, a town about 50 kilometers northwest of Hamburg.

			In 1653 he was in Meldorf, in Dithmarschen, where he was the organist at the cathedral (St. Johannis church). Before the beginning of this post, he was probably already the organist at St. Stephen's Church in Tangermünde.

			Marcus Olter passed away in 1684.

	== Works ==		== Works ==

Fiskfan1999 at 04:14, 15 June 2026

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	This piece is a canzona a 4 in three sections, each of which has a theme based on the ascending 5-note scale.		This piece is a canzona a 4 in three sections, each of which has a theme based on the ascending 5-note scale.

			== Links ==
			[https://imslp.org/wiki/Canzon_(Olter,_Marcus) Canzon] on IMSLP

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{NdS2 2009}} 521-523.		{{NdS2 2009}} 521-523.

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'''Marcus Olter''' (1625-1684) was a German organist and composer.

== Life ==
Olter was born in 1625 in Meldorf, a town about 50 kilometers northwest of Hamburg). In 1653 he was in Dithmarschen, in Bauern, where he was the organist at the cathedral (St. Johannis church). He probably also worked as an organist in Meldorf (based on the suffix ''org. zu Meldorff'' in the piece found below). He passed away in 1684.

== Works ==
Only one piece by Olter survives, a canzona in C minor.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Source !! Title !! Incipit !! Notes !! Ref.
|-
| [[D-Lr Mus.ant.pract. K.N. 207-15]] f.17v-18r || 25 /<br> CANZON. || <score>\relative c'' { \partial 4 c4 f, g aes g8 aes | bes4 c4. c8 b4 }</score> || end:<br>''Marcus Olter / org. zu Meldorff.'' || <ref>{{RISM|450101341}}</ref>
|}

This piece is a canzona a 4 in three sections, each of which has a theme based on the ascending 5-note scale.

== References ==
{{NdS2 2009}} 521-523.