Matthias Greitter
Matthias Greitter, also Matthäus Greiter, (ca. 1495 – 20 December 1550) was a German priest, cantor and composer.
Life[edit]
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[edit]
Sacred works[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 16 songs, 4–5 parts
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Free scores by Matthias Greitter at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores at the Mutopia Project
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