Tobias Michael
German composer (1592–1657)
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Tobias Michael (13 June 1592 in Dresden – 26 June 1657 in Leipzig) was a German composer and cantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig from 1631 until his death. He updated Johann Hermann Schein's Cantional in 1645.[1] He was son of the Flemish Rogier Michael (1552–1619).
Works, editions and recordings
Little of his music has been preserved.[2]
- Ich bin gewiss, dass Weder Tod noch Leben on Geistliche Werke von Thomaskantoren Thomanerchor Leipzig, dir. Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Capriccio 1989
- settings of Psalm 116 in Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen by Tobias and his father