Manfred Cordes (born 1953) is a German conductor of early music, musicologist and teacher. He is professor at the

Hochschule für Künste Bremen The University of the Arts Bremen (German: Hochschule für Künste Bremen, HfK Bremen) is a public university in Bremen, Germany. It is one of the most successful arts institutions, and its origins date back to 1873. The University of the Arts Br ...

and was its

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from 2007 to 2012.

Publications

* ''Die lateinischen Motetten des Iacobus Regnart im Spiegel der Tonarten- und Affektenlehre des 16. Jahrhunderts.'' University of Bremen 1991 (Dissertation) * ''Pian e forte.'' Hauschild, Bremen 1998; * ''Nicola Vicentinos Enharmonik.'' (Book+CD), Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz/Austria, 2007;

Discography

Extensive discography with his ensemble Weser-Renaissance on the CPO label.Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen
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Hans Leo Hassler Hans Leo Hassler (in German, Hans Leo Haßler) (baptized 26 October 1564 – 8 June 1612) was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, elder brother of less known composer Jakob Hassler. He was born in Nür ...

cpo 999 294-2 (1993) *

Thomas Stoltzer Thomas Stoltzer, also Stolczer, Scholczer (c.1480–1526) was a German composer of the Renaissance. Life Nothing is known of Stoltzer's early life, though he is thought to have come from the same family as Clemens Stoltzer, who was a town clerk in ...

(1480–1526) Missa duplex per totum annum; 3 Psalm Motets cpo 999 295-2 (1994) * ''Hanseatische Festmusiken um 1600'' – Wedding motets by Julius Johannes Weiland, Julius Ernst Rautenstein,

Heinrich Albert Heinrich Friedrich Albert (12 February 1874 to 1 November 1960) was a German civil servant, diplomat, politician, businessman and lawyer who served as minister for reconstruction and the Treasury in the government of Wilhelm Cuno in 1922/1923. ...

, Andreas Hakenberger, Philipp Dulichius,

Christoph Bernhard Christoph Bernhard (1 January 1628 – 14 November 1692) was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He was a German Baroque composer and musician. He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig (now Gdańsk) and in Wa ...

Dietrich Becker Dietrich Becker (ca. 1623 – Hamburg, 12 May 1679) was a German Baroque violinist and composer. Little is known about Becker's musical education. His first position was as organist at Ahrensberg. In his second position, in the service of the ...

Matthias Weckmann Matthias Weckmann (''Weckman'') (''c''.1616 24 February 1674) was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla (Thuringia) and died in Hamburg. Life His musical training took place in Dresden (as a chorister ...

Jacob Obrecht Jacob Obrecht (also Hobrecht; 1457/8

Lassus Orlande de Lassus ( various other names; probably – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Pales ...

, Andries Pevernage,

Clemens non Papa Jacobus Clemens non Papa (also Jacques Clément or Jacob Clemens non Papa) ( – 1555 or 1556) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance based for most of his life in Flanders. He was a prolific composer in many of the current styles, and ...

. cpo 999 396-2 (1995) *

Leonhard Lechner Leonhard Lechner (also Leonard, 15539 September 1606) was a German composer, kapellmeister, tenor and music editor who was taught by Orlando de Lassus. He added Athesinus to his signature, referring to his origin in today's South Tyrol. His la ...

(1553–1606) Newe Teutsche Lieder (1577) cpo 999 370-2 (1995) * Jacob Praetorius II (1586–1651) Motets and Organ Works cpo 999 215-2 (1995) *

Camilla de Rossi Camilla de Rossi ( fl. 1670–1710) was an Italian composer known for composing oratorios in Vienna during the early 1700s. Although several women are known to have composed music in Northern Italy and Austria during this period, there is little ...

(fl.1700) ''Il Sacrifizio di Abramo'' – The Sacrifice of Abraham, Oratorio cpo 999 371-2 (1995) leider zur Zeit vergriffen *

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

– Cantiones sacrae 1625 op. 4 Complete 40 Motets SWV 53–93 cpo 999 405-2 (1995) 2CD *

Cipriano de Rore Cipriano de Rore (occasionally Cypriano) (1515 or 1516 – between 11 and 20 September 1565) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy. Not only was he a central representative of the generation of Franco-Flemish compose ...

– Sacred and Secular Motets from the Munich Codex cpo 999 506-2 (1996) * Johann Theile (1646–1724) Psalm Motets (Psalm 111, 6 & 4) Missa (Kyrie, Gloria), Sonata duplex à 3 Cpo 999 489-2 (1996) *

Jacob Regnart Jacob Regnart (French: ''Jacques Regnart''; 1540s – 16 October 1599) was a Flemish Renaissance composer. He spent most of his career in Austria and Bohemia, where he wrote both sacred and secular music. Biography Regnart was born at Douai, one ...

– ''Mariale 1588'' Fifteen Marian Motets cpo 999 507-2 (1996) *

–

Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 ' (Sacred choral music) is a collection of motets on German texts for choir by Heinrich Schütz. It was printed in Dresden in 1648 as his ' ( Op. 11), and comprises 29 individual settings for five to seven voices, which were assigned numbers 369 ...

SWV 369–397 Complete recording of the 29 motets, 116. Psalm SWV 51 Litania SWV 458 cpo 999 546-2 (1997) 2CD * Heinrich Schütz – Secular Works cpo 999 518-2 (1997) * ''Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey'' – Musik für Den Westfälischen Frieden.

Johannes Schop Johann Schop (ca. 1590 – 1644) was a German violinist and composer, much admired as a musician and a technician, who was a virtuoso and whose compositions for the violin set impressive technical demands for that area at that time. In 1756 ...

, Johann Andreas Herbst,

Michael Jacobi Michael Jacobi (1618—1663) was a North German composer and kantor. He studied law at Strasbourg (1641) and travelled widely before taking employment as kantor first at Kiel (1648) then at Lüneburg (1651). Under his supervision the first passio ...

Andreas Hammerschmidt Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611 or 1612 – 29 October 1675), the "Orpheus of Zittau," was a German Bohemian composer and organist of the early to middle Baroque era. He was one of the most significant and popular composers of sacred music in Ge ...

, Schütz, Sophie-Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1613–1676),

Johann Stobäus Johann Stobäus (6 July 158011 September 1646) was a North German composer and lutenist. Life Stobäus was born at Graudenz, now in Poland. From 1599 to 1608 he was a pupil of Johannes Eccard, the Kapellmeister of Königsberg. In 1601 he jo ...

, Johann Erasmus Kindermann, Johann Werlin,

Johann Staden Johann Staden (baptized 2 July 1581 – 15 November 1634) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is best known for establishing the so-called ''Nuremberg School''. Life He was the son of Hans Staden and Elisabeth Löbelle. The exact ...

Sigmund Theophil Staden Sigmund Theophil Staden (6 November 1607 – 30 July 1655) was an important early German composer. Staden was born in Kulmbach in the Principality of Bayreuth, son of Johann Staden, the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school. Based in ...

, Vicentz Rupffenbart,

Melchior Franck Melchior Franck (c. 1579 – 1 June 1639) was a German composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a hugely prolific composer of Protestant church music, especially motets, and assisted in bringing the stylistic innovatio ...

, Adam Drese, Johann Müller (composer), Johann Hildebrand, Erasmus Widmann, Andreas Berger (composer). cpo 999 571-2 (1997) *

Andrea Gabrieli Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533Bryant, Grove online – August 30, 1585) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the V ...

– Madrigali e Canzoni cpo 999 642-2 (1998) *

Hieronymus Praetorius Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a Northern German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque whose polychoral motets in 8 to 20 voices are intricate and vividly expressive. Some of his organ ...

– Vesper for St.Michael's Day cpo 999 649-2 (1999) * Heinrich Schütz – Kleine geistliche Konzerte cpo 999 675-2 (1999) 3CD *

Ludwig Senfl Ludwig Senfl (born around 1486, died between December 2, 1542 and August 10, 1543) was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. He was the most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of Maximilian I, Holy R ...

– Deutsche Lieder, Carmina cpo 999 648-2 (1999) *

– Cantate Domino Motetten und Orgelwerke cpo 999 723-2 (2000) *

– Kirchen und Tafelmusik 1662 cpo 999 846-2 (2003) *

Johann Hermann Schein Johann Hermann Schein (20 January 1586 – 19 November 1630) was a German composer of the early Baroque era. He was Thomaskantor in Leipzig from 1615 to 1630. He was one of the first to import the early Italian stylistic innovations into Germa ...

– Israelsbrünnlein cpo 999 959-2 (2004) 2CD * Heinrich Schütz – Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi cpo 777 027-2 (2005) *

– ''Vesperae Beatae Mariae Virginis'' cpo 777 182-2 (2006) * Dietrich Buxtehude – Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht” ''Jüngstes Gericht'' cpo 777 197-2 (2007) excerpts *

– Psalmi poenitentiales Deutsche Bußpsalmen 1615 cpo 777 181-2 (2007) *

– San Marco in Hamburg cpo 777 245-2 (2007) *

Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hilde ...

– Bürger-Capitäns-Musik 1744 cpo 777 390-2 (2008) 2CD *

Thomas Selle Thomas Selle (23 March 1599 – 2 July 1663) was a seventeenth-century German baroque composer. Life There is practically no reliable information about the early years of Thomas Selle. Between his birth in 1599 and his matriculation in the U ...

– Die Auferstehung Christi. Ostermusik cpo 777 396-2 (2008) *

– Musicalische Exequien, Psalmen SWV 24, 25, 148, 200, 248 (Bußpsalmen) from the Beckerpsalter. cpo 2521641 (2010) * Lassus – ''

Prophetiae Sibyllarum ''Prophetiae Sibyllarum'' ("Sibylline Prophecies" or "Sibylline Oracles") are a series of twelve motets by the Franco-Flemish composer Orlande de Lassus. The works are known for their extremely chromatic idiom. History This cycle of motets is ...

'' and Christmas motets. cpo 2247016 (2010) * Baroque Christmas in Hamburg – H. Praetorius, Thomas Selle, Scheidemann, Weckmann, Scheidt, Förtsch, Bernhard – With the Bremer Barock Consort CPO 2010 * Josquin des Prez – Missa Ave maris stella, Marian motets (2011) *

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 ...

– Ostermesse 1569, 2011, including works from the 1611 ''

Missodia Sionia ''Missodia Sionia'' (" Sionian Chant of the Mass") is a collection of sacred music by Michael Praetorius, published in Wolfenbüttel in 1611. It holds music for church services on Latin texts, set for two to eight parts, including a complete mas ...

'' * Philipp Dulichius – Motets, 2012 * Josquin des Prez – Psalm motets, 2012 * Johann Grabbe – Madrigals, 2012 * Augustin Pfleger – Laudate Dominum – Sacred Cantatas. Hofkapellemeister an Schloss Gottorf I. 2013 * Tafel Consort – Musik an den Höfen der Weserrenaissance,

Hille Perl Hille Perl (born ''Hildegard Perl'' on 9 March 1965, in Bremen) is a German virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone. She is considered to be one of the world's finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of ...

, Lee Santana, Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Manfred * Cristobal de Morales: "O Magnum Mysterium" * Moritz Landgraf von Hessen: Geistliche & weltliche Werke *

Johann Philipp Förtsch Johann Philipp Förtsch (14 May 1652 - 14 December 1732) was a German baroque composer, statesman and doctor. Life Förtsch was born in Wertheim and possibly received his musical education from Johann Philipp Krieger. Moving to Hamburg in 1674 to ...

Cantatas * Virgo Prudentissima – Geistliche Musik aus Polen,

Marcin Mielczewski Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600 – September 1651) was, together with his tutor Franciszek Lilius and Bartłomiej Pękiel, among the most notable Polish composers in the 17th century. By 1632 he was a composer and musician in the royal chapel in Wars ...

(1600–1651), Adam Jarzebski (1590–1649), Mikolaj Zielenski (1560–1620) 2014 *

Tobias Michael Tobias Michael (13 June 1592, in Dresden – 26 June 1657, in Leipzig) was a German composer and cantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig from 1631 until his death. He updated Johann Hermann Schein's ''Cantional'' in 1645. He was son of the Flemish Ro ...

: Geistliche Madrigale "Seelen-Lust" 2014 * Heinrich Schütz Symphoniae sacrae I SWV 257–276 Venice 1629, 2015 * Georg Österreich Psalmen und Kantaten *

Lutherische Choralkonzerte *

Sebastian Knüpfer Sebastian Knüpfer (6 September 1633 – 10 October 1676) was a German composer, conductor and educator. He was the ''Thomaskantor'', cantor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig and director of the towns's church music, from 1657 to 1676.''Grove Concise ...

: Geistliche Konzerte, 2016 * Giacomo Carissimi – Oratorios Historia Ionae; Historia di Iob; Oratorio di Daniele Profeta; Historia de Ezechia *

Johann Walter Johann Walter, also known as ''Johann Walther'' or ''Johannes Walter'' (original name: ''Johann Blankenmüller'') (1496 – 25 March 1570) was a Lutheran composer and poet during the Reformation period. Life Walter was born in Kahla, in present-d ...

: Geystliches Gesangk Buchleyn (1524/1525) *

: Missa in Festo Sanctissimae Trinitatis 2018 *

Johann Rosenmüller Johann Rosenmüller (1619 – 10 September 1684) was a German Baroque composer, who played a part in transmitting Italian musical styles to the north. Career Rosenmüller was born in Oelsnitz, near Plauen in Saxony. He studied at the University ...

: Geistliche Konzerte auf Psalm 31 "In te Domine speravi" – seven settings *

Giovanni de Macque Giovanni de Macque (Giovanni de Maque, Jean de Macque) (1548/1550 – September 1614) was a Netherlandish composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, who spent almost his entire life in Italy. He was one of the most famous Neapolitan compo ...

: Madrigali de cinque voci Libro sesto (Venice 1613) * Daniel Selichius Geistliche Konzerte "Opus novum" (Wolfenbüttel 1623/24) 2019

References

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