Paul Hofhaimer is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Paul Hofhaimer as Austrian organist and composer.
Paul Hofhaimer was born at Radstadt in 1459.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as organist and composer.
The instruments recorded are pipe organ and organ.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
Paul Hofhaimer died in 1537, aged 78. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: pipe organ and organ
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