Surname
Eisenhert
Given Name
Melchior
Variant Name
Eysenhart
Role
Employee of a court chapel (musician)
Known voice range
Musician
Singer
Tenor
Ténoriste
Active period
1519 - 1520
Workplace
Innsbruck
Institution
Capella imperialis (Imperium Romanum Sacrum)
Biography
Innsbruck, Imperial chapel, 1519-1520. Listed as one of the six Tenoristen of the Imperial chapel in the household inventory made in January 1519, soon after the death of Maximilian I (19 January 1519), and in the list made in January 1520, soon before the dissolution of the chapel. In this latter list he is also named as teacher of the choirboys (der knaben preceptor).
Fellner and Kretschmayer 1907, p. 145; Hirzel 1908, p. 153; Koczirz 1931, p. 532 (from Registratur de anno 1519 bis 1520, Vienna, Hofkammerarchiv Sign. 46 [olim D 131]).
Fellner and Kretschmayer 1907, p. 145; Hirzel 1908, p. 153; Koczirz 1931, p. 532 (from Registratur de anno 1519 bis 1520, Vienna, Hofkammerarchiv Sign. 46 [olim D 131]).