Johann Melchior Gletle Explained

Johann Melchior Gletle (July 1626 – 6 September 1683) was a Swiss organist, Kapellmeister and composer.

Life

Gletle was born in Bremgarten. He was a prolific composer of church music - masses, psalms, motets, and also several pieces for the tromba marina.^{[1] [2]} He died, aged 57, in Augsburg.

Works, editions and recordings

Works

• Motetta Sacra concertata, Op. 1 (1667)
• 36 Trompeter-Stückle (1675), edited by Christian Blümel (Leverkusen: Mark Tezak, 1985)
• Beatus Vir (Psalm 111) (1676/1677) (Ammerbuch: C. Hofius, 2010)
• Expeditio musicae, classis IV, Op. 5 (1677)
  • Cantate Domino, motet for soprano, tenor, 2 violins, 2 violas, Cello and continuo, edited by Eberhard Hofmann (Ditzingen: Edition Musica Rinata, 2005)
  • O wie ein so rauhe Krippen (Vilsbiburg: Musica pretiosa, 1996)
  • Puellule decore, pastorella (Magdeburg: Edition Walhall, 2005)
• Litaneien op. 6 (1681)
• Marienvesper
• O benignissime Jesu, motet (Strasbourg: Les Cahiers De Tourdion, 2001)^[3]

Recordings

• Vespers in Vienna. Pierre Cao
• Complete Motets Op. 5 4CD Daniela Dolci
  • Celebremus Cum Gaudio Motets Op. 5 and Op. 1
  • Triomphale Canticum Motets Op. 5 and Op. 1

Notes and References

1. Willi Apel (ed.): Harvard Dictionary of Music (1969), p. 819: "The 17th century produced Johann Melchior Gletle (1626-84), a prolific composer of Masses, psalms, motets, and also some pieces for *tromba marina".
2. Cecil Adkins, Alis Dickinson, Williams Buck: A Trumpet by Any Other Name. A History of the Trumpet Marine, vol. 1 (1991): "The most prolific of the Germanic composers for trumpet marine was Johann Gletle, who included with the seventeen secular part songs of his Musica genialis thirty-six unaccompanied duets and two trio sonatas for ..."
3. http://www.letourdion.fr/part_vocale.php Verlag Les Cahiers De Tourdion