Sebald Heyden

Sebald Heyden
Sebald Heyden
Born(1499-12-08)8 December 1499
Died9 July 1561(1561-07-09) (aged 61)
EducationUniversity of Ingolstadt
Occupations
OrganizationsSt. Sebald, Nuremberg
Notable work

Sebald Heyden (8 December 1499 – 9 July 1561)[1] was a German musicologist, cantor, theologian, hymn-writer and religious poet. A member of the Haiden family of Nuremberg, he is perhaps best known for his De arte canendi ("On the Art of Singing", third installment published 1540) which is considered to have had a major impact on scholarship and the teaching of singing to young boys.[2] He wrote hymns such as "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß". It has been speculated that Heyden was the world's first true musicologist.[3]

  1. ^ Wohnhaas, Theodor (1972), "Heyden, Sebald", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 70; (full text online)
  2. ^ Schiltz, Katelijne; Blackburn, Bonnie J. (2007). Canons and canonic techniques, 14th–16th centuries: theory, practice, and reception history. Peeters Publishers. p. 304. ISBN 978-90-429-1681-4. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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