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Also known as Matthäus Greiter, Mattias Greiter, Matthias Greiter

German priest, cantor and composer

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1495
Active to
1550

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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
Languages spoken
German
Instrument
organ
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date of death
1550-12-20
date of birth
1495-01-01
name in native language
Matthias Greitter
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