Andreas Lando
Andreas Lando (* around 1525 in Spremberg ; † after 1561) was a German church musician and from 1560 to 1561 Kreuzkantor in Dresden .
Little is known about Lando's living conditions. From 1544 he studied theology in Wittenberg . In 1547 he became cantor of the Nikolaischule in Leipzig .
When the position of Kreuzkantor in Dresden became vacant in 1560 after the departure of Johannes Selner , Melanchthon , on whose recommendation the position had always been awarded, sent a Michael Reinhard , whose arrival the city council had already appointed Lando.
Andreas Petermann followed him the next year . Nothing is known about Lando's further life.
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SURNAME | Lando, Andreas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician and Kreuzkantor in Dresden (1560–1561) |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1525 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Spremberg |
DATE OF DEATH | after 1561 |