Christian Hollander (c.1510-15 – 1589) was a Dutch composer.
Hollander was born in
Dordrecht
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. From 1549 to 1557 Hollander was
kapelmeester of the choir at St. Walburga's church in
Oudenaarde
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, near Brussels. After 1557 he became a member of the chapel of
Ferdinand I in Germany and Austria. His works include those published 1570 (reprinted 1574) in Munich, and pieces preserved in manuscripts including the
Leiden choirbooks.
[''Waelrant and Laet: music publishers in Antwerp's golden age'' Robert Lee Weaver - 1995 "In 1549-57 Christian Hollander was head of the choir at St. Walburga's church in Oudenaarde (Audenarde, near Brussels).72 After 1557 he became a member of Ferdinand I's chapel and spent most of the remainder of his life in Germanic ..."]
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1589 deaths
Dutch composers
People from Dordrecht
1510s births
16th-century composers
16th-century Dutch people