Surname
Vischer
Given Name
Sigmund
Variant Name
Sigmundus
Role
Altus
Contratenor
Employee of a court chapel (musician)
Haute contre
Known voice range
Musician
Singer
Active period
1519 - 1520
Workplace
Innsbruck
Institution
Capella imperialis (Imperium Romanum Sacrum)
Biography
Innsbruck, Imperial chapel, 1519-1520. Listed as one of the seven Altisten 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.
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]).