Nicolaus Zangius
Nicolaus Zangius (also Zange; 1570–1619) was a German composer. Zangius was born in Woltersdorf, and became kapellmeister for Philipp Sigismund, Prince Bishop of Osnabrück and later John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. He died in Berlin.
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Nicolaus Zangius
- Born
- 1570 · Woltersdorf.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer · music director · conductor · chapelmaster · house servant
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Languages
- German
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Nicolaus Zangius (also Zange; 1570–1619) was a German composer. Zangius was born in Woltersdorf, and became kapellmeister for Philipp Sigismund, Prince Bishop of Osnabrück and later John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. He died in Berlin.
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Woltersdorf.
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• Schoene newe außerlesene Geistliche und Weltliche Lieder mit drey Stimmen. Frankfurt an der Oder 1594. • Geistliche und weltliche Lieder mit fünf Stimmen. Cologne 1597.
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• Geistliche und weltliche Lieder mit fünf Stimmen. Merseburger 1960. • Ducke dich, Hänsel. Möseler-Verlag 1972. • Dialogus 1617. Moeck 1972. • Der Kölner Markt. Edition Peters 1986.
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- 1.Franz Kessler: Einleitung. In: ders. (Hrsg.): Danziger Kirchen-Musik, Vokalwerke des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. Hänssler, Neuhausen–Stuttgart 1973, , S. VIII–XXXVII, hier S. XXVI.
- 2.Carl von Ledebur: Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin’s von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart. Ludwig Rauh, Berlin 1861, S. 657 f.; .
- 3.Robert Eitner: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten der christlichen Zeitrechnung bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Band 10. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1904, S. 325–327, hier S. 326; .
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