Blasius Ammon, O.F.M., (1558 – June 1590) was an Austrian Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, who was also a

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and singer during the late Renaissance. He was born in

Hall in Tirol Hall in Tyrol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria. Located at an altitude of 574 m, about 5 km (3 mi) east of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn valley, it has a population of about 13,000 (Jan 2013). History ...

, then in the

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-ruled County of Tyrol, and died in Vienna. In 1582 Ammon produced his first collection of compositions, ''Liber sacratissimarum cantionum selectissimus''. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1587, in which he served a priest until his death.

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* 1558 births 1590 deaths People from Hall in Tirol Austrian Friars Minor Austrian Roman Catholic priests 16th-century Roman Catholic priests Austrian classical composers Renaissance composers Austrian male classical composers {{Austria-composer-stub