Daniel Selichius (1581-1626) was a German

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 ...

. Selichius was briefly

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

at the court of the counts von Bünau

Schloss Weesenstein Schloss Weesenstein is a ''Schloss'' located in , a small village, part of Müglitztal in the Müglitz (river), Müglitz river valley, around south of Dohna in Saxony, Germany. History A castle was erected here sometime around 1200, built with th ...

in 1616. He then entered the service of the bishop of

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

in 1617. He succeeded

Michael Praetorius Michael Praetorius (probably 28 September 1571 – 15 February 1621) was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms ba ...

in Wolffenbüttel in 1621.Ausgewählte Werke: Realien - Page 296 3110038617 - Wolfgang Caspar Printz, Helmut K. Krausse - 1974 - s 10 Selichius Daniel Selich (1581–1626), Komponist und Kapellmeister in Wolfenbüttel; er schrieb: Prodromus Cantilenarum Harmonicarum, Wittenberg 1614, sowie Opus novum, Geistlicher Lateinisch und Teudscher Concerten, Wolfenbüttel.

Recordings

*Geistliche Konzerte "Opus novum" (Wolfenbüttel 1623/24) Musik aus Schloss Wolfenbüttel III Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Manfred Cordes

References

German Baroque composers 1581 births 1626 deaths {{Germany-composer-stub