Christoph Demantius

Johann Christoph Demantius (* December 15 1567 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, † April 20, 1643 in Freiberg / Saxony ) was a German composer.

Life and work

Christoph Demantius studied in 1593 at the University of Wittenberg and was in the following, among others, a cantor in Zittau in Lusatia and (from 1604) Cantor at the Freiberg Cathedral School.

He composed in equal parts religious and secular works. Outstanding is his Johannes Passion for 6 Voices a cappella, which brings the musical form of the chorale passion to their last blooms.

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