Composer
Sethus Calvisius
German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher
1556–1615
23 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1556
- Died
- 1615
- Birthplace
- Gorsleben
- Place of death
- Leipzig
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Renaissance
Biography
Sethus Calvisius — German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher. Sethus Calvisius was born in 1556 in Gorsleben. The recorded year of death is 1615; place of death: Leipzig.
Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; astronomer; mathematician; musicologist; choir director; conductor; music theorist; cantor; musician
- Education
- Leipzig University; University of Helmstedt
- Movements
- German Renaissance
- Birth name
- Seth Kalwitz
- Native languages
- German
- VIAF ID
- 56738743
- ISNI
- 0000000110273668
- GND ID
- 11643290X
- Library of Congress ID
- n85305189
- MusicBrainz ID
- d2f6f640-cbeb-4efc-8c65-33dfdf5179b8
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Choir, Alto, Voice
- 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.
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 56738743. Portrait: Melchior Haffner II, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.