Paul Hofhaimer

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Paul Hofhaimer (January 25, 1459 – 1537) was an Austrian organist and composer. He was particularly gifted at improvisation, and was regarded as the finest organist of his age by many writers, including Vadian and Paracelsus; in addition he was one of only two German-speaking composers of the time (Heinrich Isaac was the other) who had a reputation in Europe outside of German-speaking countries. He was born in Radstadt, near Salzburg. Sources are somewhat contradictory on his early life, with Vadian asserting that he was self-taught, and the Nuremberg humanist Konrad Celtis saying that he acquired his technique at the court of Emperor Frederick III. Hofhaimer went to Innsbruck in 1478, and so impressed Archduke Sigismund of Tyrol that he was given a lifetime appointment as court organist in 1480. He almost certainly knew Heinrich Isaac well while he was in Innsbruck, since Isaac became court composer there later that decade. In 1489 he began serving Maximilian I as organist, but he did this in addition to his Innsbruck service. In 1498, after several years of travel, during which time he visited the Saxon court of Elector Frederick the Wise, he moved to Passau, and in 1507 he moved to Augsburg, where he could be closer to Maximilian. Maximilian and the king of Poland made him a knight and nobleman in 1515, conferring on him the title of "First Organist to the Emperor". Hofhaimer's last move was to Salzburg, where he remained as organist at Salzburg Cathedral until his death

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Pour ung Plaisir

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Choral Music - Hofhaimer, P. / Isaac, H. / Senfl, L. / Josquin Des Prez / Festa, C. (Motets for Emperor Maximilian I)

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Music In Western Civilization

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Saints and Sinners - The Music of Medieval and Renaissance Europe

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Organ Music - Praetorius, H. / Hofhaimer, P. / Hassler, H.L. / Gabrieli, A. / Bull, J. / Scheidt, S. / Kotter, H. / Scheidemann, H. / Buxtehude, D.

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Money Powers Music

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Argentum et aurum

The First Printed Organ Music

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Madrigal History Tour

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Tugend Und Untugend: German Music From The Time Of Luther

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Gotik - Renaissance - Barock

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Gyri gyri gaga: German Renaissance Songs of Lust and Life

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