Matthias Greitter
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Matthias Greitter, also Matthäus Greiter, (ca. 1495 – 20 December 1550) was a German priest, cantor and composer.
Life
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.[1][2]
Works
Sacred works
- Domine non secundum, motet, 2 parts, 1545
- Passibus ambiguis/Fortuna desperata, motet, 4 parts
- Christ ist erstanden/Christus surrexit, motet, 5 parts
- 7 psalms
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo
- Alleluia
Secular works
- 16 songs, 4–5 parts
References
Sources
- Moritz Fürstenau (1879), "Greitter, Matthäus", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 636
- Hans-Christian Müller (1966), "Greiter, Matthäus", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 7, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 41–42; (.html full text online)
- Hans-Christian Mueller and Sarah Davies's article in New Grove Dictionary of Music
External links
- Free scores by Matthias Greitter at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores at the Mutopia Project
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- 1490s births
- 1550 deaths
- Year of birth uncertain
- People from Aichach
- Clergy from Strasbourg
- 16th-century German composers
- Musicians from Strasbourg