Sebald Heyden

Sebald Heyden
Sebald Heyden
Born(1499-12-08)8 December 1499
Died9 July 1561(1561-07-09) (aged 61)
EducationUniversity of Ingolstadt
Occupations
OrganizationsSt. Sebald, Nuremberg
Notable work

Sebald Heyden (8 December 1499 – 9 July 1561)[1] was a German musicologist, cantor, theologian, hymn-writer and religious poet. He is perhaps best known for his De arte canendi ("On the Art of Singing", third installment published 1540) which is considered to have had a major impact on scholarship and the teaching of singing to young boys.[2] He wrote hymns such as "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß". It has been speculated that Heyden was the world's first true musicologist.[3]

  1. ^ Wohnhaas, Theodor (1972), "Heyden, Sebald", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 70; (full text online)
  2. ^ Schiltz, Katelijne; Blackburn, Bonnie J. (2007). Canons and canonic techniques, 14th–16th centuries: theory, practice, and reception history. Peeters Publishers. p. 304. ISBN 978-90-429-1681-4. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rilm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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