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Samuel Scheidt
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Samuel Scheidt was a German composer, organist, university teacher, and chapelmaster active during the Baroque music movement. Born in Halle (Saale) in 1587, he studied under Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. His professional life included teaching students such as Adam Krieger. Scheidt is associated with the genres of baroque, classical, renaissance, and early music.
He composed works in the field of music, with six works attributed to him in available records. Scheidt spoke and wrote in German. He died in Halle (Saale) in 1654. His life and work have been described by sources including the Nordisk familjebok, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1587
- Died
- 1654
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Canzon bergamasca für fünf Stimmen
- Spielmusik. Heft 2
- Das Görlitzer Tabulaturbuch
- Spielmusik
- Werke
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1587
- Active to
- 1654
Discography
- Etienne Leuridan aux Orgues historiques de Thorembais-les-Béguines1980
- Great European Organs, No. 24: Dietrich Wagler Plays the Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Dom1990
- Organ Works from Tabulatura Nova1993
- Ludi Musici (Hamburg 1621)1997
- Ludi Musici (Prima Pars)2000
- Tabulatura nova I2003
- Tabulatura Nova (1ère partie)2004
- Ludi Musici2005
- Ludi Musici2006
- The great sacred Concertos2007
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15,435
- Total plays
- 73,271
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Samuel Scheidt (baptized November 3, 1587 – March 24, 1653) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. He was born in Halle, and after early studies there, he went to Amsterdam to study with Sweelinck, the distinguished Dutch composer, which was clearly formative on his style. On his return to Halle he became court organist, and later Kapellmeister, to the Margrave of Brandenburg. Unlike many German musicians, for example Heinrich Schütz <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Halle (Saale)
- Place of death
- Halle (Saale)
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
- Field of work
- music
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Samuel Scheidt.jpg
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- Commons category
- Samuel Scheidt
- date of birth
- 1587-11-04
- date of death
- 1654-03-24
- date of baptism
- 1587-11-03
- student
- Adam Krieger
- P8168
- Igornay
- Commons Creator page
- Samuel Scheidt
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Samuel Scheidt, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
