Salomon Franck

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-- Aliases: Salomo Franck

Franck was born in Weimar. After studying law and theology at Jena he held government posts at Zwickau, Arnstadt, Jena and Weimar, where he died.[1] Records show that, as of 1702, Franck was secretary of the high Consistory, managing the numismatic collection and the library records for the court of Duke of Saxe-Weimar, William Ernest. Franck had already written several secular cantata texts prior to his association with Johann Sebastian Bach, e.g. Himmelsflammende Wunschopfer, which was performed at Weimar castle in 1697. Franck also wrote many sacred texts. His earliest church-cantata texts were written in the older form, consisting of verses from the Bible and strophic songs.


Born: 6 March 1659

Died: 11 July 1725

Biography

Franck was born in Weimar. After studying law and theology at Jena he held government posts at Zwickau, Arnstadt, Jena and Weimar, where he died.

Franck wrote the text for Bach's earliest secular cantata (1713), Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd; other texts set by Bach include those of the cantatas BWV 31, BWV 70a, BWV 72, BWV 80, BWV 132, BWV 147, BWV 152, BWV 155, BWV 161, BWV 163, BWV 164, BWV 165, BWV 168, BWV 182, BWV 185, and BWV 186a.[4] He also most likely wrote the text for BWV 12, BWV 172 and BWV 21.

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Musical settings of literary works

Settings of text by Salomon Franck

Publications

  • Madrigalische Seelen-Lust über das heilige Leiden unsers Erlösers (1697)
  • Cycle of cantatas for the Liturgical year 1714/1715: Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer
  • Cycle of cantatas for the Liturgical year 1715/1716: Evangelische Seelen-Lust
  • Cycle of cantatas for the Liturgical year 1716/1717: Evangelische Sonn- und Fest-Tages-Andachten
  • Heliconische Ehren-, Liebes- und Trauer-Fackeln, Weimar, Jena (1718)

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