Matthias Greitter
Matthias Greitter , also Matthäus Greiter , (* around 1495 in Aichach ; † December 20, 1550 in Strasbourg ) was a clergyman, cantor and composer.
Life
Greitter was a clergyman and precentor at the cathedral in Strasbourg . When the Reformation prevailed there in 1524, primarily through the influence of Wolfgang Capito , he was faced with the choice of joining the new movement or of leaving the city. He stayed, like his friend Wolfgang Dachstein , left the monastery and became assistant preacher to St. Stephan and St. Martin from 1528. In 1538 he took a position as a music teacher at the Collegium Argentinense , the forerunner of the Strasbourg University . Under the conditions of the Augsburg interim , he returned to the Catholic denomination in 1549 and founded a Catholic singing school, but died the following year, presumably of the plague .
Works
Greitter provided the melody of the Kyrie ( EG 178.2) and the great Gloria (EG 180.1) , which are still sung regularly in the liturgy of evangelical services . In addition, he created about 20 other chorale melodies, the most famous of which he provided with the text in 1525: Blessed are all who walk in correct faith . Sebald Heyden placed them under his O man, weep your sin great (EG 76), other texts are I greet you on the trunk of the cross by Valentin Ernst Löscher (EG 90), Jauchz, Erd, und Himmel, cheer brightly by Ambrosius Blarer (EG 127 ) and he rises, our God by Matthias Jorissen (EG 281). Johannes Calvin , who met the sage during his stay in Strasbourg 1538–1541, brought them to the French-speaking area; in the Geneva Psalter it is assigned to his own adaptation of the 36th Psalm , as well as that of the 68th Psalm by Théodore de Bèze . The latter became an important battle song of the Huguenots .
In addition, there are 14 secular songs with four voices penned by Matthias Greitter, a five-part Christian has been created and a four-part setting from Ovid's Tristia , 8, verses 15 ff. ( Passibus ambiguis Fortuna volubilis errat ). In 1544 he published a textbook on music: Elementale musicum juventuti accomodum .
literature
- Moritz Fürstenau : Greitter, Matthäus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 636.
- Hans-Christian Müller: Greiter, Matthäus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 41 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Publications by and about Matthias Greitter in VD 16 .
- Elementale musicum , digitized version of the Mainz 1544 edition, Mainz City Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Greitter, Matthias |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greiter, Matthew |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cantor and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1495 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aichach |
DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1550 |
Place of death | Strasbourg |