Nun komm buxtehude biography

Synopsis

German-Danish organist and composer

• 1637 born in Helsingborg, Skåne (then in Denmark)
• 1657-58 Helsingborg
• 1660-68 Helsingør
• 1668-1707 Lübeck

Though Danish by birth, Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) is considered a member of the North German organ school.

Nun komm buxtehude biography

Buxtehude showed early skill at the keyboard, probably receiving his earliest instruction from his father, Joahann. He received his first official post as organist in 1657, in Helsingburg. By 1668 Buxtehude moved to Lübeck, Germany as the successor to Franz Tunder at the Marienkirche.

(Buxtehude was only given the position at the Marienkirche under the stipulation that he would marry Franz Tunder's daughter. Handel went to Lübeck to succeed Buxtehude, but chose not to accept the position due to the marriage clause.

It is presumed that Bach, too, considered taking Buxtehude'ss position, deferred by the same.) One of his greatest contributions there was his establishment of "Abendmusik"–evening