Lapicida, Erasmus

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Lapicida, Erasmus

Lapicida, Erasmus, composer; b. c. 1445; d. Vienna, Nov. 19, 1547. After entering the priesthood, he was a singer in the Heidelberg Hofkapelle (1510–21). About 1521 he settled in Vienna, where he held a benefice at the Schottenklister. He was at least 102 at the time of his death. His polyphonic adaptations of German folk songs and Hofweisen were particularly notable.

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