David Köler, also Koler, Colerus (c. 1532 – 1565) 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 ...

Life

Köler was born and died in

Zwickau Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ' ...

. He was educated in his native town and at the University of

Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an independent city on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with 139,553 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2022). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Bav ...

. From 1554 he was probably Kantor in Schlaggenwald in

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

. In 1556-7 he moved to Joachimsthal and then in

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

. In 1563 he was appointed Kapellmeister at the court of

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin ...

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch dialect, Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germany, second-largest city of the northeastern States of Germany, German ...

serving the Duke Johann Albrecht. In 1565 he was back to

where he died few months later.

Works

*Zehen Psalmen Davids, 5, 6vv (Leipzig, 1554) *Rosa florum gloria, 1567 *Mass (on Josquin's Benedictus es coelorum regina), 7vv *Kyrie, Gloria, 4vv *Non nobis, Domine, 5vv *Te sanctum, responsory, 6vv *Veni Sancte Spiritus, 4, 5vv *Ach Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn (Ps vi), 6vv *Hülf, Herr, die Heiligen haben abgenommen (Ps xii), 6vv *Richte mich Gott (Ps xliii), 6vv *Eile, Gott, mich zu erretten (Ps lxx), 6vv *Wer unter dem Schirm des Höchsten sitzt (Ps xci), 6vv *Siehe, wie fein und lieblich (Ps cxxxiii), 6vv

Sources

*Walter Blankenburg's article in New Grove Dictionary of Music *G. Eismann: David Köler: ein protestantischer Komponist des 16. Jahrhunderts (Berlin, 1956)

Bibliography

* * Georg Eismann: ''David Köler: ein protestantischer Komponist des 16. Jahrhunderts.'' Berlin: Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt 1956 *

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koler, David 1530s births 1565 deaths Year of birth uncertain People from Zwickau 16th-century German composers