Johann Heugel

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Johann Heugel, also Johannes, Joan, Hans; Heugel, Högel, Hegel, Heugelius (born approx. 1510 probably in Wetter near Marburg; died in the winter of 1584/85 probably in Kassel), was a trumpeter, composer, court music director and construction clerk in Hesse (under Landgrave Philipp) and after the division of Hesse into Hessen-Kassel (under Wilhelm IV.). Johann Heugel was born around 1510. His place of birth is presumably Wetter in the Marburg / Lahn district, however, there are no reliable sources so far; Kassel could also be the place of birth. Nothing is known about Heugel's childhood and youth. It is evident that he had a good education. Heugel wrote many of his lyrics in Latin himself. Presumably he studied in southern Germany or in Switzerland; This can be seen from the watermarks of the paper types in the part books, which he began to write in the early 1530s before he went to the Hessian court in 1536 at the latest. From then on, his place of residence remained the city of Kassel, apart from the journeys and campaigns of his employers, Landgraves Philip I and Wilhelm IV , who had to accompany the Heugel. In doing so, he surely got to know the field preacher and writer Burkhard Waldis , whose German adaptation of the psalms of the Old Testament was set to music by the Kapellmeister in four to five-part movements into old age. There were frequent changes of stay between the residences in Kassel and Marburg, but trips to Heidelberg are also documented. In 1553 Heugel's

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