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Melchior Franck
Person · male · Germany · Zittau · born 1579 · died 1639 · recording since 2008
German composer (1579-1639)
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Also known as Melchior Frank · 梅尔基奥尔·弗兰克
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1570s
1630s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Bußpsalmen 1615
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography241 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1326109109
Biography
Melchior Franck (c. 1579 – 1 June 1639) was a German composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a hugely prolific composer of Lutheran church music, especially motets, and assisted in bringing the stylistic innovations of the Venetian School north across the Alps into Germany.
Life
Details of his early life are sparse, as is common for composers of the time. He was born in Zittau, and possibly studied with Christoph Demantius there, and also later with Adam Gumpelzhaimer in Augsburg. By 1601 Franck was in Nuremberg, as a music teacher; there he met Hans Leo Hassler, and learned from him both the Venetian polychoral style and the polyphonic style of the high Renaissance, both of which he incorporated into his own composition.
In 1602 he took a position as Kapellmeister in Coburg to Prince Johann Casimir, and he remained in Coburg for the rest of his life. For the earlier portion of this time, the situation was ideal for him; he was supported by his patron, and had the resources necessary to carry on his composing. The Thirty Years' War devastated the region around Coburg; in addition to the military depredations, typhus brought by the armies depopulated the entire region and ruined the economy. Franck was able to make a living throughout this period as a musician, unlike his contemporary at Halle, Samuel Scheidt, who lost his Kapellmeister post. Franck's wife and two of his children died.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -369 | 0.9th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 58:05
1Psalm 6, "Ach Herr, straff mich nicht in deinem Zorn": Ach Herr, straff mich nicht in deinem Zorn3:232Psalm 6, "Ach Herr, straff mich nicht in deinem Zorn": Ich bin so mud vom Seufftzen3:253Psalm 32, "Wol dem, dem die Ubertrettung vergeben sind": Wol dem, dem die Ubertrettung vergeben sind2:554Psalm 32, "Wol dem, dem die Ubertrettung vergeben sind": Darumb bekenn ich dir meine Sunde2:235Psalm 32, "Wol dem, dem die Ubertrettung vergeben sind": Ich will dich unterweisen2:326Psalm 38, "Herr, straff mich nicht in deinem Zorn": Herr, straff mich nicht in deinem Zorn3:317Psalm 38, "Herr, straff mich nicht in deinem Zorn": Herr, fur dir ist all mein Begierd2:028Psalm 38, "Herr, straff mich nicht in deinem Zorn": Ich aber muss sein ein Tauber3:479Psalm 51, "Gott sey mir gnadig nach deiner Gute": Gott sey mir gnadig nach deiner Gute3:1910Psalm 51, "Gott sey mir gnadig nach deiner Gute": Verbirg dein Antlitz von meinen Sunden2:1511Psalm 51, "Gott sey mir gnadig nach deiner Gute": Herr, thu meine Lippen auff2:0612Psalm 102, "Herr, hore mein Gebet": Herr, hore mein Gebet3:4613Psalm 102, "Herr, hore mein Gebet": Denn ich esse Aschen wie Brodt3:0414Psalm 102, "Herr, hore mein Gebet": Denn deine Knechte wolten gern2:1515Psalm 102, "Herr, hore mein Gebet": Denn er schawet von seiner heilgen Hohe2:4216Psalm 102, "Herr, hore mein Gebet": Du hast vorhin die Erde gegrundet2:2717Psalm 130, "Auss der Tieffen ruff ich, Herr, zu dir": Auss der Tieffen ruff ich, Herr, zu dir2:3618Psalm 130, "Auss der Tieffen ruff ich, Herr, zu dir": Denn bey dir ist die Vergebung2:3419Psalm 143, "Herr, erhore mein Gebet": Herr, erhore mein Gebet3:0420Psalm 143, "Herr, erhore mein Gebet": Ich breyte Hande auss zu dir3:59
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Melchior Franck head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -369 | 0.9th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4bccfbf6-4e77-4af0-9874-3378ad31bf70discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4bccfbf6-4e77-4af0-9874-3378ad31bf70core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702197seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Franckbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Franck
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Wikidata: Q702197 · MusicBrainz: 4bccfbf6-4e77-4af0-9874-3378ad31bf70
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