1792 ZURICH Switzerland MUSIC Choir German Songs Swiss Composer Johann Schmidlin

1792 ZURICH Switzerland MUSIC Choir German Songs Swiss Composer Johann Schmidlin

A rare early 18^th-century collection of German songs by Swiss composer Johannes Schmidlin. Schmidlin, a student of Johann Bachofen, served as choirmaster in a small village near Zurich where he composed countless hymns, cantatas, and songs for his singers. In addition to his religious music, he composed plenty of secular or witty songs which helped round out his extensive portfolio of music.

This 1792 printing of the music of Schmidlin was published in Zurich and contains hundreds of pages of songs with shape note music and German text.

Item number: #21402

Price: $499

SCHMIDLIN, Johannes

Singendes und spielendes Vergnügen reiner Andacht oder geistreiche Gesänge

Zürich: David Bürkli, 1792.

Details:

• Collation:
  • [8], 941, [3]
  • Includes engraved portrait frontispiece
• Language: German
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 4.5in (20.5cm x 11.5cm)
• Quite rare

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