Johann Samuel Welter (27 August 1650, in

Obersontheim Obersontheim is a municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall (district), Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Today the town includes a number of villages, including Untersontheim, Ummenhofen and Hausen (Obersontheim), Hausen ...

– 27 July 1720, in

Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of the ...

) was a German composer.

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ed.: ''Johann Samuel Welter (1650-1720): Das geistliche Werk. Kantaten, Magnificat, Kirchenlieder. Denkmäler der Musik in Baden-Württemberg'', Vol.1 Munich 1993,

Recordings

*''Johann Samuel Welter - Gott sey uns gnädig'' ecco la musica, Heike Hümmer, Matthias Sprinz Christophorus, 2019

References

German Baroque composers 1650 births 1720 deaths {{Germany-composer-stub