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HEINRICH See also:FINCK (d. c. 1519) , See also:German musical composer, was probably See also:born at See also:Bamberg, but nothing is certainly known either of the See also:place or date of his See also:birth . Between 1492 and 1506 he was a musician in, and later possibly conductor of the See also:court See also:orchestra of successive See also:kings of See also:Poland at See also:Warsaw . He held the See also:post of conductor at See also:Stuttgart from 1510 till about 1519, in which See also:year he probably died . His See also:works, mostly See also:part songs and other vocal compositions, show See also:great musical knowledge, and amongst the See also:early masters of the German school he holds a high position . They are found scattered amongst See also:ancient and See also:modern collections of songs and other musical pieces (see R . Eitner, Bibl. der Musiksammelwerke See also:des 16. and i7 . Jahrh., See also:Berlin, 1877) . The library of See also:Zwickau possesses a See also:work containing a collection of fifty-five songs by See also:Finck, printed about the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century . |
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