Klingenstein, Bernhard

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Klingenstein, Bernhard

Klingenstein, Bernhard, German composer; b. probably in Peiting, near Schongau, Upper Bavaria, 1545 or 1546; d. Augsburg, March 1, 1614. He settled in Augsburg and began his training at its Cathedral choir school. In 1574 he was made Kapellmeister of the Cathedral. During his tenure there, he also studied composition with Johannes de Cleve. He later also served as Kapellmeister of the Jesuit church of St. Salvador. His collection of 34 Latin motets, Liber primus slacrum symphoniarum for 1 to 8 Voices (Munich, 1607), contains a setting of Cantate Domino for Bass Voice and Continuo, the earliest solo vocal concerto publ. in Germany. He also ed. 2 vols, of sacred music (Dillingen, 1604-05), in which 10 of his own works were included. BlBL.: A. Singer, Leben und Werke des Augsburger Domkapellmeisters B.us K. (1545–1614) (diss., Univ. of Munich, 1921).

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