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Sigmund Theophil Staden (6 November 1607 – 30 July 1655) was an important early
German
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composer.
Staden was born in
Kulmbach in the
Principality of Bayreuth, son of
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 ...
, the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school.
Based in
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
, 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
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