Surname
Holtzel
Given Name
Caspar
Variant Name
Höltzl
Holtzel
Höltzl
Höltzlin
Role
Employee of a court chapel (musician)
Musician
Singer
Active period
1491 - 1535
Workplace
Innsbruck
Tübingen
Institution
Capella imperialis (Imperium Romanum Sacrum)
Biography
Tübingen, 1491. Enrolled at the university of Tübingen on 21.8.1491 as Caspar Höltzlin de Stutgardia, paying nothing at enrolment. See Hermelinck, vol. 1, p. 86; Reichert 1954, p. 109.
Innsbruck, Imperial chapel, 1508-1520. Appears as a member of Maximilian’s chapel in the “Rotulus nominationum Maximiliani I” (c. 1508), fol. 47 (Nº 77), petitioning for a benefice at the nunnery of Buchau am Federsee. He is already described as a priest at this time (Reichert 1954, p. 108-109). Listed as a chaplain in the household inventory made in January 1519, soon after the death of Maximilian I. He still appears in the next list, made in January 1520. As a consequence of the dissolution of the chapel he received a sum of 10 Gulden on 20 June 1520 to cover his expenses for moving back to Vienna.
He may be the same person as received a position as plebanus and canonicus at the Stift St Stephan in Konstanz on 24 November 1516 (Staatsarchiv Konstanz Nº 9297), and mentioned on 3 November 1524 and 6 August 1527 as canon on St Johann in Konstanz; Maurer 1981, 290.
As an old man Höltzel lost his sight. He was still alive in 1535, living in Tirol and possessor of a benefice in Rottenburg-Ehingen. See Hermelinck, vol. 1, p. 86; Reichert 1954, 109.
Fellner and Kretschmayer 1907, p. 141; Koczirz 1931, p. 531, 535; Reichert 1954, p. 108-109.
Innsbruck, Imperial chapel, 1508-1520. Appears as a member of Maximilian’s chapel in the “Rotulus nominationum Maximiliani I” (c. 1508), fol. 47 (Nº 77), petitioning for a benefice at the nunnery of Buchau am Federsee. He is already described as a priest at this time (Reichert 1954, p. 108-109). Listed as a chaplain in the household inventory made in January 1519, soon after the death of Maximilian I. He still appears in the next list, made in January 1520. As a consequence of the dissolution of the chapel he received a sum of 10 Gulden on 20 June 1520 to cover his expenses for moving back to Vienna.
He may be the same person as received a position as plebanus and canonicus at the Stift St Stephan in Konstanz on 24 November 1516 (Staatsarchiv Konstanz Nº 9297), and mentioned on 3 November 1524 and 6 August 1527 as canon on St Johann in Konstanz; Maurer 1981, 290.
As an old man Höltzel lost his sight. He was still alive in 1535, living in Tirol and possessor of a benefice in Rottenburg-Ehingen. See Hermelinck, vol. 1, p. 86; Reichert 1954, 109.
Fellner and Kretschmayer 1907, p. 141; Koczirz 1931, p. 531, 535; Reichert 1954, p. 108-109.