Thomas Stoltzer was long believed to have fallen beside his patron, pike in hand, at the Battle of Mohács on August 29, 1526. No doubt this expert musician and worthy contemporary to Josquin would have preferred such a heroic fate than that which actually befell him a few months before; slipping on a rock in a river: falling and being carried away to his death by the current. Although Stoltzer's one surviving letter reveals that he had fleeting contact with -- and no small measure of interest in, moreover sympathy for -- ...
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Thomas Stoltzer was long believed to have fallen beside his patron, pike in hand, at the Battle of Mohács on August 29, 1526. No doubt this expert musician and worthy contemporary to Josquin would have preferred such a heroic fate than that which actually befell him a few months before; slipping on a rock in a river: falling and being carried away to his death by the current. Although Stoltzer's one surviving letter reveals that he had fleeting contact with -- and no small measure of interest in, moreover sympathy for -- the Reformation, his bread was put on the table by an Aristocracy so corrupt it was too busy oppressing peasants and putting down revolts to notice that Suleiman I was knocking on the door. Nevertheless, it was within the realm of the Reformation that Stoltzer's music took hold; his four German and 14 Latin Psalm motets became an indispensable part of the musical diet in Saxony until dislodged from popularity by the rise of the Baroque. All four German and a selection of Stoltzer's...
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Add this copy of Latin & German Psalms to cart. $36.72, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Md&G Records.
