About Blasius Ammon
Lived 1558 – 1590 (aged 31–32). Blasius Ammon was a composer, catholic priest and musician.
Blasius Ammon, O.F.M., (1558 – June 1590) was an Austrian Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, who was also a composer and singer during the late Renaissance. He was born in Hall in Tirol, then in the Habsburg-ruled County of Tyrol, and died in Vienna.
In 1582 Ammon produced his first collection of compositions, Liber sacratissimarum cantionum selectissimus. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1587, in which he served a priest until his death.
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Who was Blasius Ammon?
Austrian Franciscan friar and composer
When was Blasius Ammon born?
Blasius Ammon was born in 1558 in Hall in Tirol.
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Blasius Ammon died in 1590 in Vienna.
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Blasius Ammon was a composer, catholic priest and musician.
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Blasius Ammon's recorded nationality: Archduchy of Austria.
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