About Johannes Herold
Lived 1550 – 1603 (aged 52–53). Johannes Herold was a composer.
Johannes Heroldt (around 1550 in Jena - September 8, 1603 in Weimar) was a German composer best known for his six-part St Matthew Passion composed at Klagenfurt in 1594.
Works, editions and recordings "Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unsers Herrn und Heylandts Jesu Christi aus dem hlg. Evangelio Mattheo", mit 6 Stimmen componirt; Grätz in Steyer bei Georg Widmannstetter, 1594, Graz 1594; edition Hans Joachim Moser - 1955 Historia, with Joachim a Burck Johannespassion and Christoph Demantius Passion. recorded by Michel Laplénie, Erato 1990 Historia, with Teodoro Clinio Passio secundum Joannem - recorded by Ensemble Triagonale, Michael Paumgarten CPO, 2015
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Who was Johannes Herold?
German composer
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Johannes Herold was born in 1550 in Jena.
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Johannes Herold died on 8 September 1603 in Weimar.
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Johannes Herold was a composer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Johannes Herold. https://biography.guide/johannes-herold/
MLA: "Johannes Herold." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/johannes-herold/.
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