Johann Stadlmayr
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Johann Stadlmayr (or Stadelmayer) (born perhaps around 1580 probably in Freising; died 12 July 1648 in Innsbruck) was a composer and long serving ''Kapellmeister, Hofkapellmeister'' to the County of Tirol, Princes of Tirol. Stadlmayr joined the ''Hofkapelle'' in Salzburg in 1603, rapidly rising to the post of Hofkapellmeister there and being appointed in 1607 Hofkapellmeister at the court of Innsbruck by Maximilian III, Archduke of AustriaJunkermann & Schmitt say Maximilian II and later employed by his successor Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Leopold V. He wrote primarily church music, with 21 publications of Mass (music), masses, motets and music for Vespers issued in Augsburg, Munich, Passau, Vienna, Ravensburg, Antwerp and Innsbruck. His contemporary Michael Praetorius called him a „''trefflichen Contrapunctisten und Musicus''“.


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Scores at Musikland-Tirol
(uses Sibelius Plug-In Scorch) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stadlmayr, Johann German Baroque composers 1648 deaths Year of birth uncertain Austrian Baroque composers