Johann Wolfgang Franck (17 June 1644 in Unterschwaningen, Mittelfranken – ca. 1710 in London) was a German baroque composer.
He worked from 1673 to 1679 as Kapellmeister in Ansbach and then lived from 1679 to 1690 in Hamburg. Here he initially composed several geistliche Sing-Spiele for the Oper am Gänsemarkt. From 1682 to 1685 he held the position of cantor in St. Mary's Cathedral. From 1690 he lived in London. Together with Robert King, he went there first as a concert promoter (1690 to 1693) and was thereafter only active as composer. Besides operas, he produced some songs (especially for the Concerts in London), cantatas and numerous hymn tunes.
Die errettete Unschuld, oder Andromeda und Perseus, Ansbach, 1675Der verliebte Föbus, Ansbach, 1678Die drey Töchter (des) Cecrops, Ansbach, 1679Don Pedro, oder Die abgestraffte Eyffersucht, Hamburg, 1679Die macchabaeische Mutter mit ihren sieben Söhnen, Hamburg, 1679Pastorelle, Lustschloss, Triesdorff, Ansbach, 1679Die wohl- und beständig-liebende Michal, oder Der siegende und fliehende David, Hamburg, 1679Aeneae, des trojanischen Fürsten Ankunft in Italien, Hamburg, 1680Alceste, Hamburg, 1680Sein selbst Gefangener, Hamburg, 1680Charitine, oder Göttlich-Geliebte, Hamburg, 1681Hannibal, Hamburg, 1681Semele, Hamburg, 1681Vespasian, Hamburg, 1681Attila, Hamburg, 1682Diocletianus, Hamburg, 1682Der glückliche Gross-Vezier Cara Mustaphaen, Hamburg, 1686Love’s Last Shift, London, 1696The Judgment of Paris, London, 17023 lost dramatic works11 Cantatas61 lost cants.12 lost TafelstückeSacred and secular songs
Passionsgedanken (lost)Geistliche Lieder, 2vv, opt. bc Hamburg, 1681, repr. in Geistliches GesangbuchM. Heinrich Elmenhorsts besungene Vorfallungen, 1v, bc Hamburg, 1682, repr. in Geistliches GesangbuchGeistliches Gesangbuch, 1v, bc Hamburg, 1685, repr. with works by G. Böhm and P.L. Wockenfuss in M. Heinrich Elmenhorsts … geistreiche LiederErster Theil musicalischer Andachten, 1v, bc Hamburg, 1687Remedium melancholiae, or The Remedy of Melancholy, 1v, bc, 1690A New Song on King William (London, c1690)15 Songs in the Gentleman’s Journal (1692–4)O Jesus, Grant Me Hope and Comfort6 2vl sonatas, lost