Johann Knöfel
Aliases: Knöfel, Johannes; Knöfelius, Johann; Knefelius, Johann; Knoffel, Johann; Kneffel, Johann
Life
Born: c. 1530, Lubiń, Poland
Died: after 1617, Prague?
Biography
Knöfel was cantor at the Valentin Trotzendorff Lateinschule, a Lutheran institution, at Goldberg (now Złotoryja), Silesia, when he was about 30 years old. He was married on June 21, 1569, by which time he had become Kapellmeister to Duke Heinrich V of Liegnitz, Brieg and Goldberg. By 1579 he was Kapellmeister to the Elector Palatine Ludwig VI at Heidelberg. In 1583, Ludwig VI died, his replacement was a Calvinist, and the Lutheran Knöfel was fired and returned to Silesia. In 1592 he was organist and cantor at St. Heinrich in Prague.
Knöfel was noted for his advocacy for the use of Gregorian Chant and Latin in the Lutheran service.
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List of choral works
- Alleluia, Veni Sancte Spiritus
- Alleluia. Ascendit Deus
- Alleluia. Benedictus es
- Alleluia. Pascha nostrum
- Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
- Da pacem, Domine
- Ecce annuntio vobis
- Musa Dei donum
- Parvulus filius
- Si bona suscepimus
- Sic Deus dilexit mundum
- Verbum caro factum est
- Victimae paschali laudes
- Viri Galilaei
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