Thomas Mancinus
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Alias: Thomas Menckin; Thomas Mencken
Life
Born: 1550 in Schwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg
Died: 1612
Biography
Mancinus was cantor and court musician between 1572 and 1579 at the Court of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In the years of 1579-81 he was Tenor at the Hofkapelle Berlin. He founded the Wolfenbüttel Hofkantorei in 1583 and led it until his retirement in 1604, whereupon he was succeeded by Michael Praetorius. After his retirement he led the Library of Wolfenbüttel, today's Herzog-August-Bibliothek.
View the German Wikipedia article on Thomas Mancinus. (English translation by Google)
List of choral works
Sacred Works
Secular Works in German
Secular Works in French
Secular Works in Italian
Secular Works in Latin
Untexted Secular Works
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Publications
- Das Erste Buch Newer Lustiger, und Höfflicher Weltlicher Lieder, mit vier und fünff Stimmen (Helmstedt: Lucius, 1588)
- Duum vocum cantiuncularum liber (Helmstedt: Lucius, 1597)
- Madrigalia latina, et una gagliarda cum quinque vocibus (Helmstedt: Lucius, 1605)
- Cantiones sacrae, Quinque & Octo vocum (Helmstedt: Lucius, 1608)
- Quotidiana verae ecclesiae precatio (Helmstedt: Lucius, 1608)
- Passio Domini nostri Iesus Christi (Wolfenbüttel: Holwein, 1620)
External websites:
- Works by Thomas Mancinus in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)