Surname
Burger
Given Name
Benedikt
Variant Name
Purger
Role
Altus
Contratenor
Employee of a court chapel (musician)
Haute contre
Musician
Singer
Active period
1527 - 1527
Workplace
München
Institution
Capella imperialis (Imperium Romanum Sacrum)
Biography
Munich, Imperial chapel of Ferdinand I, 1527. Listed as in the first inventory of the household of Ferdinand I, made on 1 January 1527 (Munich, Staatsarchiv [formerly Kreisarchiv] Faszikel H. L. Freising 317), as one of the three Altisten in Ferdinand’s Munich chapel, and one of the six Altisten at Ferdinand’s Vienna court. He and Christof Hofman were the only Altisten to serve in both chapels. All the adult singers in the Vienna chapel received 10 fl a month in wages.
Hirzel 1908, p. 155, 156.
Hirzel 1908, p. 155, 156.