Leonhard Päminger also Paminger and Panninger (

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, 1567) was an Upper-Austrian born Lutheran theologian, poet and composer in Catholic Bavaria. Leonhard Päminger's father Andreas was mayor of Aschbach in upper Austria. He came to Passau in 1516 as a scribe. His son the composer Sigismund Päminger was born in 1539. As a school official he was free, as a Lutheran, to compose outside church employ. In addition to his duties he was a poet and theologian and corresponded with Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, and Veit Dietrich.Music and Theology in Reformation Germany: The Case of Leonhard Päminger. Id:KUL_3H090317 K.U.Leuven

Works

Päminger was a prolific composer, with more than 700 of his works surviving.

Recordings

* ''Sacred Music'' Ensemble Stimmwerck,

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