Abraham Schadäus

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Abraham Schadäus ( German  Abraham Schade , Sorbian Abraham Škoda ; died October 10, 1626 in Finsterwalde , Niederlausitz ) was a Sorbian music teacher and editor of a compilation of motets .

Life

His year of birth is unknown. Abraham Schade grew up in Senftenberg in Lower Lusatia or in its vicinity. In 1564 he was a philology student at the University of Leipzig . In 1573 he became vice principal and teacher at the St. Thomas School there . In 1588 Abraham Schade was appointed cantor and teacher at the Princely School of St. Afra in Meißen . In 1592 he was released again because of alleged Calvinist attitudes.

He became a cantor at the grammar school in Bautzen (or director of the city school in Meißen?). In 1598 Schade became rector of Schneeberg in Saxony. In 1601 he was appointed vice rector and in 1602 rector of the Latin City School in Speyer . During this time he began to publish the Promptuarii musici . In 1612 he ended his activity in Speyer and was briefly cantor at the grammar school in Torgau . From 1613 he was vice rector, from 1614 rector in Bautzen. In 1617 he went into retirement.

Publications

  • Promptuarii musici, sacras harmonias sive Motetas 5. 6. 7. & 8. Vocum, e diversis, iisque clarissimis hujus et superioris aetatis autoribus, antehac nunquam in Germania editis ... Argentinae, typis Carol. Kiefferii sumptibus P. Ledertz . 3 volumes. 1611-1613. Volume 4 by Caspar Vincentius published in 1617. A total of 436 motets by 114 composers from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and France

literature

  • Robert Eitner:  Schadaeus, Abraham . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 494 f.
  • Johannes Günther Kraner: Abraham Schadäus . In: Bernhard H. Bonkhoff (Hrsg.): Picture atlas for the Palatinate church history: Sources and texts for the Palatinate church history . Volume 2, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7954-1797-0 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abraham Schadaeus from Senftenberg is entered in the register list of the University of Leipzig in 1564
  2. ↑ Klaus Finkel: Abraham Schadäus (corrections and additions) . In: The music research . tape 28 , no. 3 , 1975, ISSN  0027-4801 , pp. 299-304 , JSTOR : 41119553 .
personal data
SURNAME Schadäus, Abraham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schadaeus, Abraham; Schade, Abraham (German name); Škoda, Abraham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sorbian music teacher and editor of a compilation of motets
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1626
Place of death Finsterwalde , Lower Lusatia