Gallus Dreßler

Aliases: Gallus Dresslerus Nebraeus; Gallus Dressler; Gallus Dresler

Life

Born: 16 October 1533 in Nebra

Died: ca. 1585 in Zerbst

Biography: Kantor of the church school at Magdeburg (1556–1574), Deacon at St. Nicholas Church in Zerbst

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List of choral works

Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt Auxilium meum a Domino Beati omnes qui timent Dominum Corporalis exercitatio Cum invitatus fueris Ecce quam bonum a 5 Ecce quam bonum a 8 Ego sum resurrectio et vita Ich bin die Auferstehung Laetatus sum in his

Lobet den Herren, alle Heiden Lucerna pedibus meis Lætare de uxore Ne existimetis quod venerim Nolite quaerere quid esuri sitis Non est bonum hominem Nonne duodecim sunt horæ diei? O lux beata Trinitas Petite et dabitur vobis Qui vos audit me audit

Regnum mundi et omnem ornatum Sic Deus dilexit mundum I Sic Deus dilexit mundum II Sicut Moses exaltavit serpentem Siehe wie fein und lieblich ist's Subditus esto Deo Unam petii a Domino Venite ad me omnes Vita quid est hominum Vivo ego, dicit Dominus

 
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Publications

• Aliquot psalmi latini et germanici, Magdeburg 1560 (Set of manuscript part books)
• Practica modorum explicatio, Jena 1561
• 10 deudscher Psalmen, Jena 1562
• Praecepta musicae poeticae, 1563
• XVII Cantiones sacrae, 4 et 5 vocum, Wittenberg 1565
• XVIII Cantiones sacrae, 4 et plurium vocum, Magdeburg 1567
• XIX Cantiones sacrae, 4 et 5 vocum, Magdeburg 1569
• XVI Geseng mit 4 und mehr Stimmen, Magdeburg 1570
• XC Cantiones 4, 5 et plurium vocum, Magdeburg 1570 (Anthology of previously published German and Latin works, with some additions)
• Magnificat octo tonorum…, Magdeburg 1571
• Musicae practicae elementa, Magdeburg 1571
• Elementa musicae practicae in usum scholae Magdeburgensis, Magdeburg 1571, 1584
• Opus selectissimum sacrarum cantionum, 4, 5 et plurium vocum, Nuremberg 1574 (Mostly follows XC Cantiones 1570, minus the German works. Reprints 1577, 1585)
• Außerlesene teutsche Lieder, 4-5vv, gantz lieblich zu singen, vnd auff allerley Instrument zugebrauchen (Mostly reprinted works from earlier collections. Nuremberg 1575, 1580)