Composers

Sigmund Theophil Staden

Sigmund Theophil Staden

(6.11.1607 - 30.07.1655)
Country:Germany
Period:Baroque
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Biography

 Sigmund Theophil Staden (6 November 1607 – 30 July 1655) was an important early German composer.

Staden was born in Kulmbach in the Principality of Bayreuth, son of Johann Staden, the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school. Based in Nuremberg, he was the composer of Seelewig (1644), the first German Singspiel. The only other works of his that survive are three Friedens-Gesänge from 1651.

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Composers

Sigmund Theophil Staden

Sigmund Theophil Staden
6.11.1607 - 30.07.1655
Country:Germany
Period:Baroque

Biography

 Sigmund Theophil Staden (6 November 1607 – 30 July 1655) was an important early German composer.

Staden was born in Kulmbach in the Principality of Bayreuth, son of Johann Staden, the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school. Based in Nuremberg, he was the composer of Seelewig (1644), the first German Singspiel. The only other works of his that survive are three Friedens-Gesänge from 1651.

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