Gregor Aichinger

Apart from producing exceptionally well-written, practical functions, Gregor Aichinger stood out among the German music artists of his period for his early usage of the “basso continuo” in his compositions and their game titles (Divinae siasticae cum basso generali et continuo, for instance). Little is well known about his early years, but information indicate that he signed up for the College or university of Ingolstadt in 1578, after that accepted a scheduled appointment as the set up organist to Jakob Fugger in 1584, which he held until his loss of life in 1628. He also researched with Giovanni Gabrieli in Venice, from the middle- to past due 1580s, on the College or university of Siena (1586), once again on the College or university of Ingolstadt (1588), with the College or university of Perugia (1599). Inspired by Heinrich von Knöringen, Aichinger determined to enter the priesthood and was concurrently granted the positions of choir vicar and clergyman at San Maria Magdalena sometime between 1600 – 1603, as well as the last mentioned post at the faculty of St. Gertraud in Augsburg quickly generally there after. Aichinger constructed during his pupil days, and in addition during his profession being a priest; he also wrote religious contemplations toward the finish of his profession — for instance, Thymiama sacerdotale (1618). Mainly created with an airy quality and elegant rhythms, for sets of five voices or much less, his compositions certainly are a combination of both Italian and German manners within their software of traditional technique and their experimentation with concerto design. It had been in functions created in 1607 and onward that this continuo part is available, and with rate of recurrence; these game titles consist of Enconmium verbo incarnato (1617), Quercus dodonaea (1619), Corolla eucharistica (1621), and Flores musici advertisement mendam SS convivii (1626). The majority of his functions, such as for example Sacrae cantiones (1590), Odaria lectissima (1600), Vulnera Christi, a D. Bernardo salutata (1606), Vespertinum virginis canticum sive Magnificat (1603) and Virginalia: laudes aeternae Virginis Mariae (1607), nevertheless, do not consist of this development. His functions are not easily available on recordings.