Matthias Greitter: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created new page) |
(Added biographical details) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
<!-- '''Aliases:''' --> | <!-- '''Aliases:''' --> | ||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Born:''' | '''Born:''' ca. 1495 | ||
'''Died:''' | '''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. | |||
{{WikipediaLink}} | {{WikipediaLink}} | ||
==List of choral works== | ==List of choral works== | ||
| Line 27: | Line 26: | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:{{NameSorter}}}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:{{NameSorter}}}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1495 births]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1550 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Composers]] | [[Category:Composers]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Baroque composers]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:German composers]] | ||
Revision as of 04:18, 3 November 2015
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.
View the Wikipedia article on Matthias Greitter.
List of choral works
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
Publications
External links
add web links here