Matthias Greitter
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German priest, cantor and composer
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Matthias Greitter, also Matthäus Greiter, (ca. 1495 – 20 December 1550) was a German priest, cantor and composer. Greitter was born in Aichach. He became priest and cantor at Strasbourg Cathedral. In 1524 he joined the new Reformed Church. In 1538 he accepted a position of music teacher at the Collegium Argentinense (later University of Strasbourg). In 1549 he moved back to the Catholic religion and founded a Catholic school of singing, but he died the following year in Strasbourg, presumably f
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthias
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Aichach
- Place of death
- Strasbourg
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- University of Freiburg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Instrument
- organ
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- date of death
- 1550-12-20
- date of birth
- 1495-01-01
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- name in native language
- Matthias Greitter
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