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Composer: Ján Šimrák (1600-1657)
Work: Magnificat Deutsch (1641)
Performers: Vοx Aurumquе; Hana Vοn Schlοssеr (conductor)
Painting: Salomon de Bray (1597-1664) - The Queen of Sheba before the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem
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Ján (Johannes) Šimrák [Schimbrack, Schimrag, Schimbracky, Šimbracký]
(1600 - 1657)
Slovak composer. Almost nothing is extant about his life and career. He came from the German evangelical environment of Spiš where he was born into a family of priests and teachers. It was mentioned as a senator of the Podhradie city council from 1637 until his death in 1657 and as organist in Podhradie. As a composer, he mainly wrote sacred music the most of them currently preserved in three tablature books which contains almost the whole of his extant music.
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