Delphin Strungk (1600 or 1601 – 12 October 1694) was a German

Germany

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 composer

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 and organist

Pipe organ

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 associated with the North German school.

The first that is known of him is in 1630, when he became organist of the Marienkirche in Wolfenbüttel

Wolfenbüttel

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; this was followed by an appointment at the court in Celle

Celle

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 from 1632 to 1637. In May 1637, he moved to Brunswick

Braunschweig

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, 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.

His surviving compositions include six pieces of church music for voices and instruments, now in the collection of the Herzog August Bibliothek

Herzog August Bibliothek

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, Wolfenbüttel and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. There are also surviving organ works; six chorale prelude

Chorale prelude

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s and fantasia

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s of a high quality survive in tablature

Tablature

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, and are now in the collection of the Ratsbücherei, Lüneburg

Lüneburg

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. These have been published in Die Orgel, II/12 (Lippstadt

Lippstadt

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, 1960); Alte Meister des Orgelspiels, ed. K. Straube (Leipzig

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, 1904); Seasonal Chorale Preludes with Pedals I, ed. C. H. Trevor (London

London

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, 1963); and Corpus of Early Keyboard Music XXIII (1973).

His son Nicolaus Adam Strungk

Nicolaus Adam Strungk

Nicolaus Adam Strungk was a German composer and violinist.-Life:...

was an opera composer.