Adam Krieger (7 January 1634 – 30 June 1666) was a German composer. Born in

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, he studied

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with

Samuel Scheidt Samuel Scheidt (baptised 3 November 1587 – 24 March 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. Life and career Scheidt was born in Halle, and after early studies there, he went to Amsterdam to study with ...

in Halle. He succeeded

Johann Rosenmüller Johann Rosenmüller (1619 – 10 September 1684) was a German Baroque composer, who played a part in transmitting Italian musical styles to the north. Career Rosenmüller was born in Oelsnitz, near Plauen in Saxony. He studied at the University ...

as organist at

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's Nikolaikirche (1655–57) and founded the city's ''

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'' before settling for the rest of his career in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

. Krieger composed and versified numerous songs. His fame rests on his pioneering role in the development of the solo

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. His first collection of songs appeared in 1657; they are marked by simple folk-like melodies. His second collection of ''Arien'' (1667) survives and has been edited in vol. 19 of ''

Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst ''Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst'' (literally "Monuments of German musical art") is a historical edition of music from Germany, covering the Baroque and Classical periods. The edition comprises two series: the first appeared in sixty-five volum ...

.'' His most famous song is "''Nun sich der Tag geendet hat''" (English: "Now the day has ended"), which may be found in the hymnal of the Lutheran church.Krieger, Adam (1634, 1666)
Musicalion Music-Library Adam Krieger is unrelated to the later German composers

Johann Philipp Krieger Johann Philipp Krieger (also ''Kriger'', ''Krüger'', ''Krugl'', and ''Giovanni Filippo Kriegher''; baptised 27 February 1649; died 7 February 1725) was a German people, German Baroque composer and organist. He was the elder brother of Johann Krieg ...

and

Johann Krieger Johann Krieger (28 December 1651 – 18 July 1735) was a German composer and organist, younger brother of Johann Philipp Krieger. Born in Nuremberg, he worked at Bayreuth, Zeitz, and Greiz before settling in Zittau. He was one of the most importa ...

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