Elisabet Wentz-Janacek

Elisabet Wentz-Janacek (20 August 1923 – 2014)^[1] was a Swedish author, composer, musicologist, organist, and teacher,^[2] who is best known for mapping 20,000 melody variants for Swedish hymns and helping to create the Swedish Choral Registrar. She was born in Stockholm and received a certificate, and later an honorary doctorate,^[3] from Lund University.

Wentz-Janacek wrote a biography of musician John Enninger, articles for music journals, and contributed to a book on Swedish clergyman and Nobel Prize winner Nathan Soderblom, who was a personal acquaintance of her father. Her published writing includes:

• Folk Variants and New Songs: a Small Study from Southern Sweden 1820–1900 in Yearbook for Liturgy and Hymnology - Volume 36 - p. 273^[4]
• John Enninger: Spelman, Kongl., Kammarmusikus, Klockare (available only in Swedish)^[5]
• Northern European Countries in Workbook for the Evangelical Hymnbook, vol. 4, Songs from Other Countries and Languages, ed. Wolfgang Fischer pp. 27–39. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000
• Swedish Choral Registrar (a collection of 20,000 different melody variants for Swedish hymns)^[6]
• Swedish Choral Registrar: Facts and Reflections in Hymnology: Nordisk Tidskrift XXXV pp. 193–197. 2006^[7]
• Wentz-Janacek played organ and directed the children's choir at Lund Cathedral. Her musical compositions were published by Håkan Ohlssohns Boktryckeri, Proprius Musik AB, and Verbum Publications.^[8] They include:

Organ

• arrangements of Scandinavian melodies
• Marsch ur Svit i folklig stil (March from Suite in Folk Style)^[9]
• Partita on "Then Som Frisker aer Och Sund"^[10]
• Partita on "Veni Creator Spiritus"

Vocal

• Chorale 106
• Easter Music
• folk songs arranged for children's choir and recorders
• hymns
• "Ja, Jag Vill Sjunga" (Yes, I Want to Sing)
• "Nu Vilar Hela Jorden" (Now the Whole Earth is Resting; based on a work by John Enninger)
• "Satt en Ring Paa Hans Hand" (Put a Ring on His Hand)
• Tvaa Skaanska Koraler (Two Scandinavian Chorales)
• "Tystnad, Ljus" (Silence, Light)

References

1. "Elisabet Wentz-Janacek". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-25.
2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
3. "Hedersdoktorer vid humanistiska fakulteten | Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna". www.ht.lu.se. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
4. Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie (in German). J. Stauda. 1997. ISBN 978-3-525-57198-9.
5. "John Enninger : spelman, kongl. kammarmusikus, klockare av Elisabet Wentz-Janacek (Häftad)". Bokus.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-25.
6. "Vi gratulerar Elisabet Wentz-Janacek!". Lunds domkyrka (in Swedish). 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
7. "Home - RISM". www.rism.info. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
8. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
9. "Bröllopsmarscher från Burträsk till Böda". gehrmans.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-25.
10. Heinrich, Adel. (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers : an annotated catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-38790-6. OCLC 650307517.

External links

• Archive of Elisabet Wentz-Janacek's papers (in Swedish)