Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický
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Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (born 1550-1560 in Jistebnice u Tábora
- died 1619 in Kutná Hora
) was a Czech composer of Renaissance
and early Baroque era. He worked as a teacher all his life. He took several different posts and in 1598, at the latest, he permanently settled in Kutná Hora, where he worked as an administrator of the school and also as an elder of the Latin literary choir at St. James Church. He is counted among the most prolific Czech composers of his time. Today we known 60 of his compositions. Only the four-voice composition "Králi nad králi, Pane" has been preserved in whole in Prachatice
. As for all the other compositions (extensive six to eight-voice mass cycles), too few voice parts have been preserved in order to get the idea of the character and quality of his music.
Jistebnice
Jistebnice is a village and municipality in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 2,012 ....
- died 1619 in Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora is a city in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic in the Central Bohemian Region.-History:The town began in 1142 with the settlement of the first Cistercian Monastery in Bohemia, Kloster Sedlitz, brought from the Imperial immediate Cistercian Waldsassen Abbey...
) was a Czech composer of Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
and early Baroque era. He worked as a teacher all his life. He took several different posts and in 1598, at the latest, he permanently settled in Kutná Hora, where he worked as an administrator of the school and also as an elder of the Latin literary choir at St. James Church. He is counted among the most prolific Czech composers of his time. Today we known 60 of his compositions. Only the four-voice composition "Králi nad králi, Pane" has been preserved in whole in Prachatice
Prachatice
Prachatice is a town in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic.-History:The town of Prachatice has its origins in the 11th century, following the beginning of trade on the "Golden Path"...
. As for all the other compositions (extensive six to eight-voice mass cycles), too few voice parts have been preserved in order to get the idea of the character and quality of his music.