Leonhard Kleber
Leonhard Kleber (* 1495 in Göppingen ; † March 4, 1556 ) was a German organist and composer of the Renaissance .
Life
Kleber studied in Heidelberg in 1512 and was a pupil of the blind, then very famous composer Arnolt Schlick . After his studies, he worked first in Horb am Neckar , then in Esslingen and finally in Pforzheim . In his compositional work, influences from Paul Hofhaimer , Hayne van Ghizeghem , Heinrich Isaac , Josquin Desprez , Jacob Obrecht , Antoine Brumel , Heinrich Finck , Ludwig Senfl , Hans Buchner and a few others can be seen. A large part of his works can be assigned to vocal music.
literature
- Manfred Schuler: Leonhard Kleber . In: L. Macy (Ed.): Grove Music Online . Retrieved March 31, 2006 (subscription access)
- Gustave Reese : Music in the Renaissance . New York, WW Norton & Co., 1954. ISBN 0-393-09530-4
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SURNAME | Kleber, Leonhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1495 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Goeppingen |
DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1556 |