Delphin Strungk (or Strunck) (1600 or 1601 - 12 October 1694) was a German composer and organist associated with the North German school. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance The pipe organ is a Musical instrument that produces sound when pressurized air (wind is driven through a series of pipes, controlled by a keyboard The 17th century organ composers of Germany can be divided into two primary schools the north German school and the south German school (sometimes a third school
The first that is known of him is in 1630, when he became organist of the Marienkirche in Wolfenbüttel; this was followed by an appointment at the court in Celle from 1632 to 1637. Celle (ˈtsɛlə is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. In May 1637, he moved to Brunswick, where he was to remain until his death, to take up the post of organist of the Marienkirche; he also played at other local churches. Braunschweig, known as Brunswiek in Low German, is a city of 245810 people (as of 31 December 2007 located in Lower Saxony, Germany.
His surviving compositions include six pieces of church music for voices and instruments, now in the collection of the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Herzog August Bibliothek (germ Die Herzog-August-Bibliothek, „HAB“ in Wolfenbüttel, ( Niedersachsen) known also as „Herzog August Bibliothek“ There are also surviving organ works; six chorale preludes and fantasias of a high quality survive in tablature, and are now in the collection of the Ratsbücherei, Lüneburg. A chorale was originally a Hymn of the Lutheran church sung by the entire congregation Tablature (or Tabulature) is a form of Musical notation, which tells players where to place their fingers on a particular instrument Lüneburg, also known as Lueneburg and Lunenburg in English, is a City in Lower Saxony, Germany. These have been published in Die Orgel, II/12 (Lippstadt, 1960); Alte Meister des Orgelspiels, ed. Lippstadt (ˈlɪpʃtat is a city in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. K. Straube (Leipzig, 1904); Seasonal Chorale Preludes with Pedals I, ed. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong C. H. Trevor (London, 1963); and Corpus of Early Keyboard Music XXIII (1973). London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.