Stadlmayr, Johann
Stadlmayr, Johann
Stadlmayr, Johann, eminent German composer; b. probably in Freising, Bavaria, c. 1575; d. Innsbruck, July 12, 1648. He went to Salzburg, where he entered the service of the Archbishop in 1603; in 1604 he was made Vice-Kapellmeister, and soon thereafter Kapellmeister. In 1607 he was called to Innsbruck as Kapellmeister at the Habsburg court of Archduke Maximilian II of the Tirol. After the latter’s death, the new archduke, Leopold V, disbanded the Innsbruck court chapel in favor of his Alsatian establishment in 1618. Stadlmayr petitioned Leopold to retain his services, but it was not until 1624 that he was reappointed to his Innsbruck position, which subsequently flourished under his direction. Stadlmayr was a leading composer of music for the Catholic church. Among his works were 4 vols, of Magnificats (1603–18), 7 vols, of masses (1596–1643), hymns, motets, Psalms, etc.
Bibliography
J. Peregrinus (J- Hupfauf), J. S. (Salzburg, 1885); F. Daniel, Die konzertanten Messen J . S.s (diss., Univ. of Vienna, 1928); B. Hinterleitner, Die Vokalmessen S.s (diss., Univ. of Vienna, 1930); K. Gress, Die Motetten J. S.s im Lichte der Entwicklung der Motette im beginnenden siebzehnten Jahrhundert (diss., Univ. of Vienna, 1931); H. Junkermann, The Magnificats of J. S .(diss., Ohio State Univ., 1966).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire