thumb|upright|Erasmus Widmann '''Erasmus Widmann''' (1572–1634) was a South German composer.
Widmann was born at Schwäbisch Hall, and studied in Tübingen. His first musical positions were in Eisenerz (1595), Graz (1596), Schwäbisch Hall, and from 1602 Kapellmeister to Count Wolfgang von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim till the count's death in 1610.<ref>(Waldenburg, 14 June 1546 — Weikersheim, 28 March 1610)</ref> Finally Widmann was cantor and organist at Rothenburg ob der Tauber.<ref>John Denison Champlin, William Foster Apthorp Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Naaman-Zwillingsbrüder 1899</ref>
==Works== A large quantity of dances and songs. * ''Drei Motetten''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/three-motets-drei-motetten-sheet-music/535913|title=Three Motets (Drei Motetten) Sheet Music By Erasmus Widmann - Sheet Music Plus|website=www.sheetmusicplus.com}}</ref> * ''Die Musikalische Kurzweil'' (1611), modern edition Verlag C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2012, {{ISMN|9790502480837}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.verlag-hofius.de/widmann.php|title=VERLAG C. HOFIUS - Erasmus Widmann|website=www.verlag-hofius.de}}</ref> * ''Musikalischer Tugendspiegel'' (1613) * ''Canzonas Intradas and Galliard'' (1618)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/canzonas-intradas-and-galliard-in-5-voices-1618-sheet-music/949759|title=Canzonas, Intradas And Galliard In 5 Voices -1618 Sheet Music By Erasmus Widmann - Sheet Music Plus|website=www.sheetmusicplus.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicalion.com/en/scores/sheet-music/4351/erasmus-widmann|title=Widmann, Erasmus - Sheet music to download|website=www.musicalion.com|date=15 September 1572 }}</ref>
==Recordings== * Widmann, Erasmus: »Piorum suspiria. Andechtige Seufftzen unnd Gebet umb den lieben Frieden ...«. Rothenburg o.d.T.: Simon Halbmayer, o.J. (1629). 30 kürzere Sätze zu 3 und 4 Stimmen mit jew. etlichen Strophen. Nur die ersten 7 Sätze beziehen sich auf den Frieden, diese vierstimmig (SATB). On ''Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey'' - Music for the Peace of Westphalia. Weser-Renaissance Ensemble Bremen dir. Manfred Cordes. cpo
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==External links== *[http://d-nb.info/gnd/118807196/about/html Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek]
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