Surname
Nies
Given Name
Hanns
Role
Basse contre
Bassus
Employee of a court chapel (musician)
Known voice range
Musician
Singer
Active period
1527 - 1527
Workplace
Wien
Institution
Capella imperialis (Imperium Romanum Sacrum)
Biography
Vienna, Imperial chapel of Ferdinand I, 1527. Listed 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 five Bassisten in Ferdinand’s chapel at Vienna. All the adult singers in the Vienna chapel received 10 fl a month in wages.
Hirzel 1908, p. 156.
Hirzel 1908, p. 156.