Composer
Georg Forster
German editor, composer and physician
1514–1568
7 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1514
- Died
- 1568
- Birthplace
- Amberg
- Place of death
- Nuremberg
- Citizenship / historical state
- Germany
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Renaissance
Biography
Georg Forster (c. 1510 – 12 November 1568) was a German editor, composer and physician.
Forster was born in Amberg, in the Upper Palatinate. While a chorister at Elector Ludwig V's court in Heidelberg around 1521, he was a colleague of Caspar Othmayr, who would also become a composer of renown. Forster received his first instruction in composition from the Kapellmeister Lorenz Lemlin.
Forster wrote and published Frische teutsche Liedlein, a five-part collection of songs. The first volume was published in 1539, and the final volume was published in 1556.
Forster died in Nuremberg.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer
- Movements
- German Renaissance
- Notable works
- Frische Teutsche Liedlein
- Languages used
- German
- VIAF ID
- 2735633
- ISNI
- 0000000059336749
- GND ID
- 118534424
- Library of Congress ID
- nr88002582
- MusicBrainz ID
- 28362f8a-fef6-484b-b11f-665453913468
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Choir
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (From heav'n above to earth I come) - F-Dur/F major | See work details |
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| Wohl dem, der in Gottes Furcht steht - Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Ich hab's gewagt - Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Willig und treu - Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her - Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil - Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir - C-Dur/C major Performed by Georg Forster | See work details |
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 2735633.