Sigmund Theophil Staden


Sigmund Theophil Staden was an important early German composer.
Staden was born in Kulmbach in the Principality of Bayreuth, son of Johann Staden, the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school. Based in Nuremberg, he was the composer of Seelewig, the first German Singspiel. The only other works of his that survive are three Friedens-Gesänge from 1651.

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