Nicolaus Kropstein

Life

Born: c. 1492 in Zwickau

Died: 1562 in Schneeberg

Biography German pastor and composer. He studied in Leipzig from 1512 and in Wittenberg. Matriculated on 6 May 1513. From 1527 Lutheran priest in Burgstein, near Plauen. From 1534 a deacon at St Katharinen, Zwickau. From 1539 a priest in Geyer. In 1554 he became archdeacon in Schneeberg, where he remained until his death.

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List of choral works

• Beatus auctor seculi

 

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External links

• Works by Nicolaus Kropstein in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)