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{{Aliases|Matthias Greiter|Matthäus Greitter}} | |||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Born:''' ca. 1495 | '''Born:''' ca. 1495 | ||
'''Died:''' 20 December 1550 | '''Died:''' 20 December 1550 | ||
'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' | ||
Greitter was born in Aichach. He became priest and cantor at Strasbourg Cathedral. In 1524 he joined the new Reformed Church. In 1538 he accepted a position of music teacher at the Collegium Argentinense (later University of Strasbourg). In 1549 he moved back to the Catholic religion and founded a Catholic school of singing, but he died the following year in Strasbourg, presumably from the plague.<br> | Greitter was born in Aichach. He became priest and cantor at Strasbourg Cathedral. In 1524 he joined the new Reformed Church. In 1538 he accepted a position of music teacher at the Collegium Argentinense (later University of Strasbourg). In 1549 he moved back to the Catholic religion and founded a Catholic school of singing, but he died the following year in Strasbourg, presumably from the plague.<br> | ||
Greitter wrote a number of Psalm-tunes, published in a book he co-edited in 1524-1525, and in Calvin's first Strasbourg hymnal of 1539. | Greitter wrote a number of Psalm-tunes, published in a book he co-edited in 1524-1525, and in Calvin's first Strasbourg hymnal of 1539. | ||
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==List of choral works== | ==List of choral works== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:37, 25 October 2022
Aliases: Matthias Greiter; Matthäus Greitter
Life
Born: ca. 1495
Died: 20 December 1550
Biography
Greitter was born in Aichach. He became priest and cantor at Strasbourg Cathedral. In 1524 he joined the new Reformed Church. In 1538 he accepted a position of music teacher at the Collegium Argentinense (later University of Strasbourg). In 1549 he moved back to the Catholic religion and founded a Catholic school of singing, but he died the following year in Strasbourg, presumably from the plague.
Greitter wrote a number of Psalm-tunes, published in a book he co-edited in 1524-1525, and in Calvin's first Strasbourg hymnal of 1539.
View the Wikipedia article on Matthias Greitter.
List of choral works
- An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 267 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Domine, non secundum
- Es hiedri hut gut
- Es wolt ein jeger iagen
- Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld, BWV 267 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Mir ist ein feins Jungfraeuelin
- O Mensch bewein dein Sünde groß
- O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 402 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Quodlibet (Elselin ea)
- Rejoice ye heavens, BWV 311 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Ye children which do serve the Lord (Thomas Ravenscroft)
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