David Köler

David Köler, also Koler, Colerus (Zwickau ca 1532 – Zwickau 1565) was a German composer.

Life

Of poor origins he studied in Zwickau and in at the University of Ingolstadt. From 1554 he was probably Kantor in Schlaggenwald in Bohemia. In 1556-7 he moved to Joachimsthal and then in Altenburg. In 1563 he was appointed Kapellmeister at the court of Mecklenburg at Schwerin serving the Duke Johann Albrecht. In 1565 he was back to Zwickau where he died few months later.

Works

• Zehen Psalmen Davids, 5, 6vv (Leipzig, 1554)
• Rosa florum gloria, 1567
• Mass (on Josquin’s Benedictus es coelorum regina), 7vv
• Kyrie, Gloria, 4vv
• Non nobis, Domine, 5vv
• Te sanctum, responsory, 6vv
• Veni Sancte Spiritus, 4, 5vv
• Ach Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn (Ps vi), 6vv
• Hülf, Herr, die Heiligen haben abgenommen (Ps xii), 6vv
• Richte mich Gott (Ps xliii), 6vv
• Eile, Gott, mich zu erretten (Ps lxx), 6vv
• Wer unter dem Schirm des Höchsten sitzt (Ps xci), 6vv
• Siehe, wie fein und lieblich (Ps cxxxiii), 6vv

Sources

• Walter Blankenburg's article in New Grove Dictionary of Music
• G. Eismann: David Köler: ein protestantischer Komponist des 16. Jahrhunderts (Berlin, 1956)

Notes

External links

• Free scores by David Köler at the International Music Score Library Project

Persondata
Name	Köler, David
Alternative names
Short description	German composer
Date of birth	1532
Place of birth	Zwickau
Date of death	1565
Place of death	Zwickau