Johann Staden

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Johann Staden (baptized 2 July 1581 – 15 November 1634) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is best known for establishing the so-called Nuremberg School. He was the son of Hans Staden and Elisabeth Löbelle. The exact date of his birth is unknown; it is believed that he was born in Nuremberg in 1581 (the date on the only surviving portrait) and records show that a certain Johannes Starnn was baptised in July 1581. At 18 Staden was already quite famous and serving as organist of one of the city churches; by 1604 he was employed as court organist in Bayreuth; he got married the same year. In 1605 the court moved to Kulmbach, where Staden remained until 1610, publishing two collections of secular songs, Neue teutsche Lieder (1606) and Neue teutsche geistliche Gesäng (1609). He may have visited Bayreuth again in 1610 and returned to Nuremberg by 1611, the year his daughter was baptised there. In June 1612 he left Nuremberg again to succeed Hans Leo Hassler as court organist in Dresden. He stayed until around 1614/15, becoming organist at Nuremberg's Spitalkirche on 20 June 1616. Later that year he moved to the Lorenzkirche, succeeding Kaspar Hassler. Finally, in 1618 he accepted the most prestigious musical position in Nuremberg: organist at the Church of Saint Sebald (Sebalduskirche). He held that post until his death in 1634. Much of Staden's work survives in printed collections. His first published works were the secular songs of Neue teutsche Lieder (1606), anot

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Johann Staden: Motetten

Music and Poetry from the 30 Years' War

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Gustavus Rex & Christina Regina – Musiken kring Gustav II Adolf och drottning Kristina / - Music for Gustavus Adolphus and Queen Christina (1611-54)

Christmas Music Festival (In Nativitate Domini)

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Christmas Music Festival

Friedens-Seufftzer Und Jubel-Geschrey: Music for the Peace of Westphalia 1648

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God and the World

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Music in a Cold Climate: Sounds of Hansa Europe

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Echo & Risposta - Virtuoso Instrumental Music from the Galleries of the Abbey Church of Muri

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Het Historische Orgel in Nederland - CD 1

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Chor- und Orgelmusik aus St. Lorenz Nürnberg

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Claviermusik aus Nürberg

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