Jakob Meiland

German composer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGerman composer
PlacesGermany
wasMusician Composer
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1542, Senftenberg, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Brandenburg, Germany
Death31 December 1577Hechingen, Zollernalb, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (aged 36 years)
The details

Biography

Jakob Meiland (Senftenberg, 1542-Hechingen, 31 December 1577) was a German composer. His St. Matthew Passion follows the model of Johann Walter's first Lutheran passion historia (c. 1530) but has more elaborate choral numbers.

Works

  • St Matthew Passion
  • Sacrae aliquot cantiones latinae et germanicae, quinqué et quatuor vocum Frankfurt 1575
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