Vincent Lübeck was a German composer and organist. He was born in Padingbüttel and worked as organist and composer at Stade's St. Cosmae et Damiani (1675-1702) and Hamburg's famous St. Nikolai (1702-1740), where he played one of the largest contemporary organs.
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![An oil painting of Lübeck, executed between 1724 and 1734.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Vincent_L%C3%BCbeck.jpg/500px-Vincent_L%C3%BCbeck.jpg)
An oil painting of Lübeck, executed between 1724 and 1734.[1]
The tower of St. Cosmae, Stade, where Lübeck worked for 18 years from 1675 to 1702
Example 1. An example of five-voice texture with double pedals from the first section of Prelude and Fugue in G minor (bars 17-18)
Example 2. Opening bars of the second fugue of Prelude and Fugue in E major. This is the manner in which Lübeck almost always treats countersubjects. The subject is highlighted in blue, the countersubject in orange.
Title page of Lübeck's Clavier ÜbungMusicians born in the 1650s 6
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Vincent Lübeck was a German composer and organist. He was born in Padingbüttel and worked as organist and composer at Stade's St. Cosmae et Damiani (1675-1702) and Hamburg's famous St. Nikolai (1702-1740), where he played one of the largest contemporary organs. He enjoyed a remarkably high reputation in his lifetime, and had numerous pupils, among whom were two of his sons.
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