Johannes Heroldt (around 1550 in

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- September 8, 1603 in

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) was a German composer best known for his six-part St Matthew Passion composed at Klagenfurt in 1594. Basil Smallman, ''The Background of Passion Music'' (1970), p. 143: "fairly frequently in Passion music; yet to the present author's knowledge there is only one surviving instance. This occurs in the six-part St Matthew Passion by Johannes Herold which was composed at Klagenfurt in 1594"

Works, editions and recordings

*''"Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unsers Herrn und Heylandts Jesu Christi aus dem hlg. Evangelio Mattheo", mit 6 Stimmen componirt; Grätz in Steyer bei Georg Widmannstetter, 1594,''

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1594; edition Hans Joachim Moser - 1955 *Historia, with Joachim a Burck Johannespassion and Christoph Demantius Passion. recorded by Michel Laplénie, Erato 1990 *Historia, with Teodoro Clinio Passio secundum Joannem - recorded by Ensemble Triagonale, Michael Paumgarten CPO, 2015

References

German Renaissance composers 1550 births 1603 deaths {{Germany-composer-stub