Johann Stobäus was a North German composer.

Stobäus was born at Graudenz. From 1599 to 1608 he was a pupil of Johann Eccard, the Kapellmeister of Königsberg. Then from 1601 a bassist in the princely Kapelle from 1602 Kantor at Königsberg Cathedral

Königsberg Cathedral

Königsberg Cathedral is a Brick Gothic style building in Kaliningrad on an island in the Pregel . The island was called Kneiphof in German times.-14th Century to World War II:...

. Then in 1626 he succeeded Eccard as Kapellmeister, remaining in post until his death. He died at Königsberg

Königsberg

Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...

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Works:

• Cantiones Sacrae 5-10. v. item Magnificat, Frankfurt/Oder 1624
• Geistliche Lieder auf gewöhnliche Preußische Kirchenmelodien, Danzig 1634
• Erster und Ander Theil der Preußischen Fest-Lieder, 5-8st. (incomplete), Elbing 1642 and Königsberg 1644

Recordings

• Stobaeus, Johann: »Lob- unnd Danck Lied (Gott ist und bleibt der König), and »Ein anderes auf denselben von Gott gnädigst verliehenen sechsjährigen Stillstand. Anno 1630«. Königsberg: Lorentz Segebad, 1630. On Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey - Music for the Peace of Westphalia
  Peace of Westphalia
  The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic, with Spain formally recognizing the...
  
  . Weser-Renaissance Ensemble Bremen dir. Manfred Cordes
  Manfred Cordes
  Manfred Cordes is a German conductor of early music, musicologist and teacher. He is currently professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen.- Publications :...
  
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