1615–1684

Introduction

Born: Cir­ca 1615, Oels­nitz (near Zwick­au), Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 10, 1684, Wolf­en­büt­tel, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Wolf­en­büt­tel, Ger­ma­ny.

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Biography

Rosenmüller at­tend­ed both the La­tein­schule in Oels­nitz, and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig, where he stu­died theo­lo­gy.

Also in Leip­zig, he taught mu­sic at the Tho­mas­schule. He be­came the or­gan­ist at the Ni­ko­lai­kirche in 1651.

By 1658, he had moved to Ven­ice, It­aly, where he com­posed and played the trumpet at San Mar­co.

He spent the wan­ing years of his ca­reer as Ka­pell­meis­ter to the court at Wol­fen­büt­tel.

Sources

Music