About Mikołaj z Chrzanowa
Lived 1485 – 1562 (aged 76–77). Mikołaj z Chrzanowa was a Polish composer and organist.
Mikołaj z Chrzanowa (1485–1562) was a Polish composer and organist of the Renaissance.
Little is known about his early life, but he was a student at the Kraków Academy in 1507, receiving his baccalaureate in 1513. In 1518 he became organist at Wawel Cathedral, a post he held until his death. In addition to his duties as an organist, he directed the cathedral choir—the Kapela Rorantystów—and supervised the construction of organs (for example, he traveled to Biecz in 1543 to oversee the work there).
His only known work is a motet, Protexisti me, Deus, which survives in tablature notation in the 16th-century Wawel Part-Books. A later organ tablature of the same composition appears in the Łowicz Organ Tablature of 1580, with the initials N.Ch. which are presumed to indicate the composer.
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Who was Mikołaj z Chrzanowa?
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When was Mikołaj z Chrzanowa born?
Mikołaj z Chrzanowa was born in 1485 in Chrzanów.
When did Mikołaj z Chrzanowa die?
Mikołaj z Chrzanowa died in 1562 in Kraków.
What was Mikołaj z Chrzanowa's occupation?
Mikołaj z Chrzanowa was a composer and organist.
What nationality was Mikołaj z Chrzanowa?
Mikołaj z Chrzanowa was Polish.
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