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Johann Leo Hassler
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Johann Hassler was son of Isaak Hassler, a composer by Nuremberg. - MIDI FILE - Galliard (1'42'') In 1584, Hassler left Nuremberg to continue his education in Venice, where he came into contact with a number of leading musicians, including Andrea Gabrieli. - MIDI FILE - From Missa secunda: "Kyrie" (1'33'') In 1586 he was appointed chamber organist in Augsburg; in 1596 he met Praetorius, at Gröningen near Halberstadt, and in 1601 he returned to Nuremberg as director of town music.
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| Hassler was a rare phenomenon in the history of late 16th centiry Protestant music: his training as a Kantor was not academic, unlike that of so many great figures of his days. - MIDI FILE - From "Missa secunda": Sanctus et benedictus (1'51'') His native town Nuremberg characterized him as "Musicus inter Germanos sua aetate summus", an epitaph that he fully merits.  |
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