Surname
Vischer
Given Name
Johannes
Variant Name
Hanns
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 20 June 1520 to cover his expenses for moving back to Vienna.
Fellner and Kretschmayer 1907, p. 145; Hirzel 1908, p. 153; Koczirz 1931, p. 532, 535 (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, 535 (from Registratur de anno 1519 bis 1520, Vienna, Hofkammerarchiv Sign. 46 [olim D 131]).