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Johann, von Soest, 1448-1506


  • [Johann, von Soest (1448-1506) was a German singer and composer who wrote a verse autobiography describing his career as a singer and Kapellmeister; he later became a physician.]
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    • Johann von Soest, 1448-1506
    • Johannes, von Soest, 1448-1506
    • Steinwert, Johann, 1448-1506
    • Steinwert von Soest, Johann, 1448-1506
    • Stenwert von Sost, Johannes, 1448-1506
    • Johannes, de Susato, 1448-1506
    • Johannes, de Suzato, 1448-1506
    • Soestius, Johannes, 1448-1506
    • Steinwart, Johannes, 1448-1506
    • Sust, Johannes, 1448-1506
    • Grummelkut, Johann, 1448-1506
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1448
    • Death Date

        1506-05-02
    • Birth Place

        Unna (Germany)
    • Field of Activity

      Music

      Poetry

      Medicine

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Johann von Soest, 1448-1506
  • Sources

    • found: His Wie men wol eyn statt regyrn sol, 1986:t.p. (Johann von Soest, gen. Steinwert) p. 11, etc. (b. 1448; d. 5/2/1506; singer, poet, physician; after named town physician in Frankfurt, used name of Johann Steinwert von Soest, or Johannes Stenwert von Sost, or Johann Steinwert)
    • found: Kosch, W. Deut. Lit.-Lex.(Johann von Soest (also Johann Steinwert); b. 1448; d. 5/2/1506)
    • found: Brockhaus, new ed.(Johannes von Soest; b. 1448; d. 1506)
    • found: LC data base, 3-23-89(hdg.: Johann von Soest, 1448-1506; usage: Johannes von Soest)
    • found: Klaus Pietschmann and Steven Rozenski, Jr., "Singing the Self: The Autobiography of the Fifteenth-Century German Singer and Composer Johannes von Soest," Early Music History, 2010 (online), viewed on March 15, 2023:vol. 29, p. 119-159 (German singer, composer and writer Johannes von Soest (1448-1506), also referred to as Steinwart or Steinwert; author of a vernacular autobiography in verse; trained as a chorister in Soest, traveled to Cleves, Bruges, Aardenburg, Maastricht, and Heidelberg, where he was Kapellmeister; later became a physician) - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261127910000082.
    • found: "Johann, von Soest," CERL Thesaurus (online), viewed on March 15, 2023(Dt. Musiker, Schriftsteller, Arzt; als Sängermeister in kurpfälzischen Diensten von 1472 bis 1495; born Unna, died Frankfurt am Main May 2, 1506; active in Heidelberg; variants: Johannes, de Susato; Soestius, Johannes; Sust, Johannes; Grummelkut, Johann) - https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00894813
  • General Notes

    • [Johann, von Soest (1448-1506) was a German singer and composer who wrote a verse autobiography describing his career as a singer and Kapellmeister; he later became a physician.]
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    • 1989-03-24: new
    • 2023-03-16: revised
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