About Jakob Meiland
Lived 1542 – 1577 (aged 34–35). Jakob Meiland was a German composer.
Jakob Meiland (Senftenberg, 1542 – Hechingen, 31 December 1577) was a German composer. His St. Matthew Passion follows the model of Johann Walter's first Lutheran passion historia (c. 1530) but has more elaborate choral numbers.
Works St Matthew Passion Sacrae aliquot cantiones latinae et germanicae, quinqué et quatuor vocum Frankfurt 1575
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German composer
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Jakob Meiland was born in 1542 in Senftenberg.
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Jakob Meiland died on 31 December 1577 in Hechingen.
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Jakob Meiland was a composer.
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Jakob Meiland was German.
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