Friedrich Weissensee


Friedrich Weißensee was a German composer and Protestant minister. Alongside his contemporaries Christoph Demantius, Michael Praetorius and Melchior Vulpius, he was one of the leading Protestant composers of his time.

Life

In 1590 he was made rector of a Latin school in Gebesee near Erfurt. In 1596 he succeeded Leonhart Schröter as cantor at the Altstädtische Schule in Magdeburg on Schröter's retirement – one of Weißensee's pupils was Daniel Friderici. In 1602 he became a minister in Altenweddingen.

Selected works

He also wrote two eight-part motets in 1603 and 1612 which were included in Erhard Bodenschatz's collection entitled „Florilegium Portense“.