SIMRAK, Ján (1600-1657) - Missa Super omnes gentes

Ján Šimrák (1600-1657) - Missa Super omnes gentes

Performers: Camerata Brаtislаva; Jan Rozеhnаl (conductor)

Painting: Jan Brueghel II (1601-1678) - Die Ruhe auf der Flucht

Further info: Šimbracký - Latin Church music

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Ján (Johannes) Šimrák [Schimbrack, Schimrag, Schimbracky, Šimbracký et al.]

(1600 - Spišské Podhradie, 1657)

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 output.

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

Ján Šimrák (1600-1657) - Magnificat Deutsch (1641)

Performers: Vox Aurumque; Hana Von Schlosser (conductor)

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

Further info: Schimrack - Organista Waralii

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Ján (Johannes) Šimrák [Schimbrack, Schimrag, Schimbracky, Šimbracký]

(1600 - 1657)

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.