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Sigmund Theophil Staden (6 November 1607 – 30 July 1655) was an important early Germany, 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 Nuremberg, he was the composer of ''Seelewig'' (1644), the first German ''Singspiel.'' The only other works of his that survive are three ''Friedens-Gesänge'' from 1651.
Sigmund Theophil Staden (6 November 1607 – 30 July 1655) was an important early Germany, 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 Nuremberg, he was the composer of ''Seelewig'' (1644), the first German ''Singspiel.'' The only other works of his that survive are three ''Friedens-Gesänge'' from 1651.
Recordings
* ''Seelewig'' (1644) CPO * ''Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey'' - Musik für Den Westfälischen Frieden. Manfred Cordes. CPO 999 571-2 (1997)References
1607 births 1655 deaths German Baroque composers German opera composers Male opera composers Pupils of Johann Staden 17th-century classical composers German male classical composers 17th-century male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub