Johann Stadlmayr (or Stadelmayer) (born perhaps around 1580 probably in
Freising; died 12 July 1648 in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
) was a composer and long serving ''
Hofkapellmeister
(, 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 ...
'' to the
Princes of Tirol.
Stadlmayr joined the ''Hofkapelle'' in
Salzburg in 1603, rapidly rising to the post of Hofkapellmeister there and being appointed in 1607 Hofkapellmeister at the court of Innsbruck by
Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria[Junkermann & Schmitt say Maximilian II] and later employed by his successor
Leopold V. He wrote primarily church music, with 21 publications of
masses,
motets and music for
Vespers issued in Augsburg, Munich, Passau, Vienna, Ravensburg, Antwerp and Innsbruck. His contemporary
Michael Praetorius called him a „''trefflichen Contrapunctisten und Musicus''“.
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Scores at Musikland-Tirol(uses Sibelius Plug-In Scorch)
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German Baroque composers
1648 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Austrian Baroque composers