Cosmas Alder
Cosmas Alder (* around 1497 in Baden ; † November 7, 1550 in Bern ) was a Swiss composer and magistrate .
biography
Alder attended the St. Vinzenz Abbey School in Bern until 1511. In 1524 he was confirmed as a singer (not cantor ) at St. Vinzenz Abbey in Bern. After the introduction of the Reformation , Alder was elected builder clerk on April 15, 1528. He held this office until his death. In the same year he also became a clerk for the Frienisberg conductor. He wrote several land records for the Frienisberg house in Bern. Cosmas Alder married Barbara von Höfen. In 1538 he came to the Grand Council . On August 7, 1542 he elected him to be the clerk of the Upper Hospital. From 1543 he is recorded as a journeyman of the Society of Middle Lions . After the death of his first wife, Alder married Barbara Schwäbler on December 9, 1545. He died of the plague in the winter of 1550 .
Works (selection)
- Arnold Geering: Psaumes et cantiques de Johannes Wannenmacher (Vannius) et Cosmas Alder (Alderinus) = Psalms and sacred chants by Johannes Wannenmacher and Cosmas Alder. Édition Henn, Geneva 1934 (= Œuvres musicales de Compositeurs suisses des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles; v. 3.)
literature
- Arrey von Dommer: Alderinus, Cosmas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 327.
- Georg von Dadelsen: Alder (Alderinus), Cosmas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 188 ( digitized version ).
- Bernhard Hangartner: Cosmas Alder. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Andreas Traub : The "Hymni sacri" by Cosmas Alder. In: The music research . Kassel, vol. 58 (2005), issue 3, pp. 274-281.
Web links
- Publications by and about Cosmas Alder in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Cosmas Alder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Cosmas Alder in the International Music Score Library Project
- Literature by and about Cosmas Alder in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Archives of the Canton of Bern , A II 97 , p. 219.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alder, Cosmas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alderinus, Cosmas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss composer of the Renaissance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1497 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baden AG |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1550 |
| Place of death | Bern |