# Erasmus Widmann

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'''Erasmus Widmann''' (1572–1634) was a South German composer.

Widmann was born at [Schwäbisch Hall](/source/Schw%C3%A4bisch_Hall), and studied in Tübingen. His first musical positions were in Eisenerz (1595), Graz (1596), Schwäbisch Hall, and from 1602 [Kapellmeister](/source/Kapellmeister) to Count [Wolfgang von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim](/source/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](/source/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](/source/SATB)). On ''Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey'' - Music for the [Peace of Westphalia](/source/Peace_of_Westphalia). Weser-Renaissance Ensemble [Bremen](/source/Bremen) dir. [Manfred Cordes](/source/Manfred_Cordes). cpo

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://d-nb.info/gnd/118807196/about/html Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek]

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