Christoph Demantius
Authors · Musicians · cantor · conductor · music theorist · musicologist · pedagogue
German composer
About Christoph Demantius
Johann Christoph Demantius (15 December 1567 – 20 April 1643) was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi, and represented a transitional phase in German Lutheran music from the polyphonic Renaissance style to the early Baroque.
Quick facts
- Known for
- Trauermusiken des 17. Jahrhunderts, Vêpres de Pentecoste
- Born
- 1567-12-15
- Died
- 1643-04-20
- Artist type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Liberec
- Associated area
- Germany
- Active period
- 1567-12-15 – 1643-04-20
- ISNI
- 0000000108786720
