Hans leo hassler biography

(1564 - 1612)

German composer, one of the greatest German masters at the high tide of renaissance music. He was born 1564 in Nürnberg as son of the organist Isaac Hassler, who originally came from Joachimsthal.

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Hans Leo Haßler (baptized October 26, – June 8, ) was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance music and early Baroque music eras.

In Nürnberg Hans Leo grew up during the decade of Lechner's activity in that town and probably was a pupil of the latter. In 1584 he left to receive instruction in Italian music at its source from Andrea Gabrieli in Venice in 1584-5.

From 1686 the organist Hassler entered the service of Count Fugger at Augsburg, to whom he dedicated his first collection of Italian canzonettas in 1590. In 1595 Hassler, together with his brothers Jacob and Gaspard was raised to the nobility by the Emperor Rudolph II.

In Augsburg he worked for a time at the church of S. Moritz, and (in 1600) being head of the town band. He returned to his native town in 1601, and at the beginning of the following year was appointed kaiserlicher Hofdiener von Haus aus (Imperi