Sebald Heyden

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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)

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]

Biography

Heyden was born in Bruck (now part of

Heyden's birthplace

Heyden's first publications appeared around 1523–25, theological tracts such as Salve regina, which he gave to the Reichstag in a different Christian context.

Passion song reflects poetically in "great passion" the sufferings of Christ. He wrote it on a tune by Matthias Greitter, to the original text: "Es sind doch selig alle, die im rechten Glauben wandeln hie" (Blessed are they all who walk here in true faith). In 1532 he published further text books Leges scholasticae and Musicae stoicheiosis
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Heyden's

Tinctoris's Proportionale from Georg Forster and extensively studied the composers featured in it.[4] Heyden also composed several hymns and poems.[8] In the third installment, Heyden confessed to being an admirer of Josquin des Prez and his contemporaries, transcribing Josquin's Missa L'homme armé sexti toni (Benedictus), amongst others.[9][10] Notably, Heyden is said to have "adopted a horror fusae position at a time when Italian musicians were writing pieces a note nere under the signature of C."[9] Indeed, the treatise is said to have "influenced many twentieth-century scholars to believe that the tactus of the sixteenth century represented an unvarying beat."[11] In 1546 he published Paedonomia scholastica pietatis, studii literarij ac morum.[12]

Heyden died in Nuremberg.

References

  1. ^ Wohnhaas, Theodor (1972), "Heyden, Sebald", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 70; (full text online)
  2. . Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f DeFord, Ruth I. "Sebald Heyden (1499–1561): The first historical musicologist?" (PDF). Hunter College and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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  6. ^ Heyden, Sebald (1524). Adversus Hypocritas Calumniatores, super falso sibi inustam haereseos nota[m], de inversa cantilena, quae Salve regina incipit, Sebaldi Heiden defensio. Petreius. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  7. ^ International Association of Music Libraries. United Kingdom Branch (2005). Brio. The Branch. pp. 10–15. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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  12. ^ Heyden, Sebald (1546). Paedonomia scholastica pietatis, studii literarij ac morum honestatis precepta continens. Montanus. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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