Surname
Bassitz
Given Name
Georg
Variant Name
Georgius
Jorg
Wassiz
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. As a consequence of the dissolution of the chapel he received a sum of 10 Gulden on 31 July 1520 to cover his expenses.
Probably the “D[ominus] Georius, alt” listed in the chapel of Maximilian at the Diet of Trier in 1512: “Des selben tages [Montag nach Letare 1512] vnd die zit hat die Trierische Cantzlie zu gast gehabt des Keisers Senger. Irer Namen: D. Thomas [Krieger?], tenor. D. Wilhelmus [Waldner?], bas. D. Gregorius [Valentianian?], tenor. [Johannes] Rotensteyner, bas. Georius [sic] Fogel, alt. Nicodemus [Kulwagner?], bas. Georius [sic] [Bassitz?], alt. Gregor, tenor. Michael [Täschinger?], tenor. Cum 10 iuuenibus. Die inen vorgestallt gerichte: Mandelsoppe. Heiß Carpen. Kappesmueß und Backfisch. Hecht mitt eyner saels. Salmen im peffer. Gebacken bieren. Galentin. Fladen.” Stramburg 1853, vol. 2 (Coblentz), part 1, p. 346.
Fellner and Kretschmayer 1907, p. 145; Hirzel 1908, p. 153; Koczirz 1931, p. 532, 536 (from Registratur de anno 1519 bis 1520, Vienna, Hofkammerarchiv Sign. 46 [olim D 131]).
Probably the “D[ominus] Georius, alt” listed in the chapel of Maximilian at the Diet of Trier in 1512: “Des selben tages [Montag nach Letare 1512] vnd die zit hat die Trierische Cantzlie zu gast gehabt des Keisers Senger. Irer Namen: D. Thomas [Krieger?], tenor. D. Wilhelmus [Waldner?], bas. D. Gregorius [Valentianian?], tenor. [Johannes] Rotensteyner, bas. Georius [sic] Fogel, alt. Nicodemus [Kulwagner?], bas. Georius [sic] [Bassitz?], alt. Gregor, tenor. Michael [Täschinger?], tenor. Cum 10 iuuenibus. Die inen vorgestallt gerichte: Mandelsoppe. Heiß Carpen. Kappesmueß und Backfisch. Hecht mitt eyner saels. Salmen im peffer. Gebacken bieren. Galentin. Fladen.” Stramburg 1853, vol. 2 (Coblentz), part 1, p. 346.
Fellner and Kretschmayer 1907, p. 145; Hirzel 1908, p. 153; Koczirz 1931, p. 532, 536 (from Registratur de anno 1519 bis 1520, Vienna, Hofkammerarchiv Sign. 46 [olim D 131]).