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SIMRAK, Ján (1600-1657) - Magnificat Deutsch (1641)

Cima da Conegliano (1459-1517) - Madonna and Child in a Landscape


Ján Šimrák (1600-1657) - Magnificat Deutsch (1641)
Performers: Vox Aurumque; Hana Von Schlosser (conductor)

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Slovak composer and organist. Almost nothing is known about his life and career. He came from the German evangelical environment of Spiš where he was born into a family of priests and teachers. It was mentioned as a senator of the Podhradie city council from 1637 until his death in 1657 and as organist in Spišské Podhradie. As a composer, he mainly wrote sacred music the most of them currently preserved in three tablature books which contains almost the whole of his extant music.

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