Georg Raddäus

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Georg Raddäus (* 1649 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † 1707 ibid.) Was a German cantor and Kapellmeister in Königsberg.

Life

Raddäus was cantor of the Tragheimer church . At the court of the Duke of Prussia , in 1694 he took over the office of court conductor from Johann J. Witte. In 1701 he took care of the musical arrangement of the royal coronation of Friedrich I (Prussia) . On a copper engraving from 1712, the entire musical apparatus is recorded during the anointing in the castle church (Königsberg) . After his death Raddäus was buried “with great music” in the Tragheim church.

Georg Riedel was one of Raddäus' students .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-4411
personal data
SURNAME Raddäus, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raddaeus, Georgius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Cantor and Kapellmeister in Koenigsberg
DATE OF BIRTH 1649
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH 1707
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)