About Michael Beheim
Lived 1420 – 1474 (aged 53–54). Michael Beheim was a German singer-songwriter, singer, weaver, meistersinger and composer.
A song by Beheim from Heidelberg University Library, Cod. Pal. germ. 312, fol. 24v
Michael Beheim (also Michel Behaim, Beham or Behm, 1416 – c.1472) was a wandering singer from the modern-day German state Baden-Württemberg. He is an author of a number of songs and two versed chronicles, Buch von den Wienern and Das Leben Friedrichs I von der Pfalz.
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Who was Michael Beheim?
German singer
When was Michael Beheim born?
Michael Beheim was born on 29 September 1420 in Obersulm, Sulzbach.
When did Michael Beheim die?
Michael Beheim died in 1474.
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Michael Beheim was a singer-songwriter, singer, weaver, meistersinger and composer.
What nationality was Michael Beheim?
Michael Beheim was German.
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