Sixt Dietrich

Aliases: Sixtus Dietrich; Sixtus Dieterich; Xistus Theodoricus

Life

Born: c.1493

Died: 21 October 1548 in St. Gallen

Biography

Singer at Domkantorei in Konstanz c.1504 - 1508, student at Universität Freiburg 1509 - 1519, teacher of music and Latin at Domkantorei in Konstanz and Deacon from 1519. Lecturer in Wittenberg 1540-1541 and 1544-1547, returned to Konstanz after the Wittenberger capitulation 1547, fled to St. Gallen shortly before his death in 1548.

View the German Wikipedia article on Sixt Dietrich. (English translation by Google)

List of choral works

A solis ortus cardine Ach höchster Gott Ad caenam agni providi Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu Dir Christe sanctorum Completi sunt dies Mariae Conscendit jubilans Deus superbis resistit Ego sum ipse Es ist das Heil uns kommen her Exultet coelum

Gilg, edle Blum Gloria, laus, et honor Ibant magi quam viderant Iste confessor Jesu Christe auctor vitae Laudate Dominum (canon) Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Man acht't gering Martyris Christi Mein Zuversicht hab' ich gericht't Non ex virili semine

Nuntius celso O barmherziger Gott Omnis caro foenum Qui pace Christe affluens Quod chorus vatum Rex gloriose martyrum Salutat mater domini Salve festa dies Vita sanctorum/Christ ist erstanden

 
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Publications

• Magnificat octo tonorum, liber primus (Strasbourg, 1535)
• Novum ac insigne opus musicum triginta sex antiphonarum (Wittenberg, 1541)
• Novum opus musicum (Wittenberg, 1544)

External links

Works by Sixt Dietrich in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)