Stephan Otto

Stephan Otto (1603–1656) was a German composer and kantor in Freiberg and Schandau. He worked for Count Rudolf von Bünau in Weesenstein, and was mentor and probably teacher to Andreas Hammerschmidt.[1][2][3]

Works, editions, recordings
  • Dialogue "Mein Sohn warumb hast du uns das gethan"[4]
  • Der Mensch vom Weibe geboren. On collection Von den letzten Dingen. Amarcord.

References
  1. Janette Tilley Andreas Hammerschmidt, Martin Opitz, Geistlicher Dialogen ander Theil 2008 Page xi - Nothing is known for certain of his education, but he may have had contact with Freiberg's leading musical figures including Christoph Demantius (1567-1643), Stephan Otto (1603-56), and Christoph Schreiber (d. 1639).
  2. Albrecht Müsel - Der mitteldeutsche Kantor und Hofkapellmeister Johann Stolle 1970 - "Stephan Otto (1603—1656) in Schandau (Elbsandsteingebirge).
  3. Friedrich Blume -Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart Volume 5 1956 "Posten wurde erst wieder 1633 mit dem Kantor Stephan Otto besetzt. Er erhielt nur 114 Gulden Besoldung, der Pfarrer seit 1621 100 Gulden.
  4. Charlotte Anne Leonard Andreas Hammerschmidt, Selections from the Musicalische Gespräche über die Evangelia (1655-56) Page xxvi 2010 She lists a further setting by Stephan Otto (1603-56) entitled "Mein Sohn warumb hast du uns das gethan" for CAB and continuo. Ibid., 240. 79. There are three pieces from the 1656 collection that call for five strings and clavicembalo.


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