Anton Colander (1590, Weißenfels – 1621, Dresden) was a German (Electoral Saxon) composer and organist. He was a childhood friend of Heinrich Schütz, studying law in Leipzig with Schütz's brother

Benjamin Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

from 1610. In 1616 he was appointed to the post of organist at the Dresden court and began taking composition classes with Schütz. He was followed as organist by

Johann Klemm Johann Klemm or Klemme (c. 1593–1660) was a German Baroque organist and composer. Klemm was a pupil of Heinrich Schütz and organist at the Dresden court.Daniel R. Melamed Bach Studies 2006 "Second, the Dresden composer and music publisher Joha ...

Kaspar Kittel Caspar Kittel (1603 in Lauenstein–October 9, 1639 in Dresden) was a German Baroque theorbist and composer at the Dresden Hofkapelle. He was a pupil, then colleague of Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early ...

, and Matthias Weckmann.''Heinrich Schütz: a short account of his life and works''

Hans Joachim Moser Hans Joachim Moser (25 May 1889, Berlin''Die kleine Enzyklopädie'', Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, Vol. 2, p. 202. – 14 August 1967, Berlin) was a German musicologist, composer and singer. Moser was the son of the music-professor Andreas Mos ...

- 1967 "Amongst those appointed by him to office in Dresden as Chapel organists were Anton Colander, Johann Klemm, Kaspar Kittel and Matthias Weckmann, in that order; these were all pupils of his who later became notable composers, ..."

Works, editions and recordings

*''Geistliche Konzerte,'' 1643 Recordings *''Wie ein Rubin in feinem Golde leuchtet,'' Concerto

References

1590 births 1621 deaths 17th-century classical composers German Baroque composers German classical composers German male classical composers German classical musicians German organists German male organists People from Weißenfels People from the Electorate of Saxony Pupils of Heinrich Schütz 17th-century male musicians 17th-century German composers Organists from the Holy Roman Empire {{Germany-composer-stub