Andreas Kneller

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Andreas Kneller (1649-1724; also known as Kneller, Knöller, Knüller, Kniller) was a German organist and composer.

Life

Kneller was born in 1649. From 1667 he was the organist at the Market church in Hannover, and from 1685 at St. Petri, Hamburg. He passed away in 1724.

Works

Two works on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland are found in the Walther manuscripts D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1 and /2 with composer "A. K." and "A. Kniller". These are also found in a 8-variation cycle in D-B Mus.ms. 30439/1 also marked "A. Kniller". After style-critical analysis, this eight-variation set was connected with the composer Andreas Kneller. Besides this, a few other works survive.

Surviving works by Andreas Kneller
Source Text Incipit Notes Ref.
Chorale works
D-Lr Mus.ant.pract. K.N. 209 p.522-523 [Te Deum Laudamus]
  • Praeambu: / A. Kniller
    \relative e'' { e16 b c a b fis g e a dis, e fis e8 fis16 g }
  • Herr Gott / dich Loben / wir.
    \relative e { \clef bass e16 fis e fis e fis g a g8. fis16 g fis g a b }
  • Du König der / Ehren Jesu Christ.
    << \relative e'' { \ottava #-1 r8 e e d c c c b a b c4 } \\ \relative a, { a2 a a } \\ \relative e' { b2\rest r8 e e d c d e fis } >>
  • Täglich / Herr Gott
    << \relative e' { \clef alto e4. fis8 g2 a } \\ \relative e' { r2 r8 e e, e'16 d c d c b a bes a g } >>
 [1]
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1 p.7-8
D-B Mus.ms. 22541/2 p.25-26		 [/1:] Nun kom der Heÿden Heÿland. /
Vers: i. /
A. K.
[/2:] Nun kom der Heÿden Heÿland. /
A. Kniller. Vers: i.
<< \relative g' { \clef bass \key g \minor g2 g f4. g16 a bes2 } \\ \relative g, { r2 r8 g bes g d'4 r4 r8 g g g } \\ \relative f { f2\rest f4\rest <bes d> <a d> f\rest f\rest <bes d> }>>
 [2][1]
D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1 p.8-9
D-B Mus.ms. 22541/2 p.26		 [/1:] Vers: 2.
[/2: no title]
<< \relative d' { \clef alto r8 d4 c8 bes4 bes~ bes d g8 g4 fis8 } \\ \relative g { r2 r8 g4 f8 ees4 bes'~ bes a } >>
 [2][1]
D-B Mus.ms. 30439/1 Nun kom /
der Heyden /
Heylandt /
Auff 2 Clavier /
A. Kniller		 [2][1]
Preludes
Mylau Tabulature Book p.58-60 Praeludium ex D. f. di: A: Knüller
\relative d' { \key d \minor \time 2/2 d8 f a8. cis,16 d8. bes'16 a g f e }
 [2][1]
Mylau Tabulature Book p.97-99 Praeludium ex F di A. Knüller
\relative f { \clef bass \key f \major \time 2/2 r4 r16 a g a e f g g f8. e16 f8 }
 [2][1]
Mylau Tabulature Book p.151-152 Praelud: ex. G h: Andr: Knüller. Orga:
\relative g' { \key g \major \time 2/2 r8 a g8. fis16 g16 a b c d b e c }
 [2][1]
D-B Mus.ms. 30439/3 f.6v-8r Praeludium /
A K
\new Staff \with {\omit TimeSignature} \relative fis'' { e16 dis e a, g fis g a \hide Stem dis, }
 [2]
[Praeludium in G Major]
\new Staff \with {\omit TimeSignature} \relative fis' { r8 fis g8. a16 b16 fis g a }
 [2]
D-B Mus.ms. 30439/4 f.5v [Praeludium?] /
ex A. /
A. Kn.
\new Staff \with {\omit TimeSignature} \relative fis { \clef bass a16 c b c d gis, a b a8. gis16 a e f d }
 [2]

The Preludium in G Major was published by Beckmann in 1987 based on excerpts from D-B Mus.ms. 30439/4 f.7v-8r, f.10r, f.11r, f.11v, and D-B Mus.ms. 30439/5. In 2013, he published a completion of this fragmentary prelude by Wolfgang Stockmeier.

In 1907, the two variations in the Walther manuscripts were published by Karl Straube where he interpreted "A. Kniller", as Anton Kniller, a name which can not be found anywhere in the history of North-German organ music.

References

Beckmann, Klaus, Die Norddeutsche Schule. Teil II: Blütezeit und Verfall. Mainz: Schott, 2009. 210.

Beckmann, Klaus (editor). Andreas Kneller: Sämtliche Orgelwerke. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1987.

Beckmann, Klaus (editor). A. Kneller / G. D. Leyding: Sämtliche Orgelwerke. Meister der Norddeutschen Orgelschule 31. Mainz: Schott, 2013.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Beckmann, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Beckmann, 1987
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