About Andreas Hammerschmidt
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611 or 1612 – October 29, 1675), the "Orpheus of Zittau," was a German composer and organist, of Bohemian birth, of the early to middle Baroque era. He was one of the most significant and popular composers of sacred music in Germany in the middle 17th century. Hammerschmidt wrote motets, concertos and arias, and almost all of his output is sacred vocal music in the concertato style. According to Manfred Bukofzer (1947), he "watered down the achievements of Schütz for the multitude.
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Freude, Freude, grosse Freude
Machet die Tore weit
Nun lob mein seel
Suite No. 3 in D Minor for Gambas a 5: I. Paduan
Weg Venus weg, du Pest der Jugend
Suite No. 27 in D Minor for Gambas a 5: I. Sarabande
O barmherziger Vater
Suite No. 39 in D Minor for Gambas a 5: II. Galliard
Paduan à 5
Nun lob mein Seel den Herren
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