Johann Walter

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Johann Walter was a 16th-century German composer and music theorist, best known as a pioneer of Lutheran church music and an important collaborator of Martin Luther in developing Protestant hymnody.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kapellmeister
Lutheran church musician
composer
human
music theorist
activeYearsEnd 1570
activeYearsStart 1520
alternativeName Johann Walther NERFINISHED
Johannes Walter NERFINISHED
Johannes Walther NERFINISHED
birthDate 1496-01-01
birthPlace Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
Kahla NERFINISHED
citizenship Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
compositionalStyle clear text declamation for congregational understanding
predominantly homophonic textures
countryOfCitizenship Germany
deathDate 1570-03-25
deathPlace Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
Torgau NERFINISHED
employer Elector of Saxony NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
genre Lutheran church music
chorale
motet
sacred music
historicalPeriod Renaissance NERFINISHED
influenced Lutheran chorale tradition
subsequent German Protestant composers
influencedBy Martin Luther NERFINISHED
languageOfWork German
Latin
movement Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED
name Johann Walter NERFINISHED
notableFor collaboration with Martin Luther on Protestant hymnody
pioneering Lutheran church music
notableWork Geystliches gesangk Buchleyn NERFINISHED
occupation Kapellmeister
composer
music theorist
religion Lutheranism
roleInReformation musical collaborator of Martin Luther
organizer of Lutheran liturgical music
studentOf Heinrich Finck NERFINISHED
workLocation Torgau NERFINISHED
Wittenberg NERFINISHED
wrote polyphonic settings of Lutheran chorales
theoretical writings on music

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Torgau, Germany associatedWith Johann Walter
subject surface form: Torgau