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Wolfgang Printz | |
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| Born | Wolfgang Caspar/Kaspar Printz 10 October 1641 Germany |
| Died | 13 October 1717 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Composer and Theologian |
Wolfgang Caspar Printz (10 October 1641 – 13 October 1717), normally referred to as Wolfgang Printz (with sometimes the variation of Kaspar), was a German composer who studied theology and was appointed cantor at Promnitz, Triebel and Sorau.[1] His Historische Beschreibung der edlen Sing- und Klingkunst...von Anfang der Welt bis auf unserer Zeit (which in English means: Historical description of the noble art of singing and instrumental music ... from the beginning of the world until our time) was the first history of music written in Germany.[2]
- ^ Johann Gottfried Walther, Musikalisches Lexikon oder musikalische Bibliothek, lemma "Printz (Wolfgang Caspar)" (Germ.). Leipzig: Wolffgang Deer 1732, pp. 496–7.
- ^ Collins Encyclopedia of Music, ISBN 0-907486-50-9, pp. 431-432.