Caspar Kittel (1603 in Lauenstein–October 9, 1639 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 ...

) was a German Baroque

theorbist The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box (a hollow box) with a wooden top, typically with a sound hole, and a neck extending out ...

and composer at the Dresden Hofkapelle. He was a pupil, then colleague of

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

, and preceded Schütz on the Kapellmeister's second sojourn in Italy from 1624.Companion to Baroque Music - Page 199 Julie Anne Sadie Kittel, Caspar (1603-39). Theorbist, composer and lifelong servant of the Dresden Hofkapelle, who was associated with Heinrich Schütz as both pupil and colleague. He was sent to Italy in 1624, where he was joined by Schütz. His brother was Christoph Kittel. His music was heavily influenced by the poetry of Martin Opitz.

Works, editions and recordings

*Arien und Kantaten, Dresden, 1648

References

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