Johann Klemm Explained

Johann Klemm or Klemme (c. 1593–1660) was a German Baroque organist and composer.^[1]

Klemm was a pupil of Heinrich Schütz and organist at the Dresden court.^[2] As was normal for students to publish the works of their teachers, in 1647, together with Alexander Hering, he published Schütz's Symphoniae sacrae II.

Works, editions, recordings

• German madrigals for four, five, and six voices (Freiburg, 1629)
• Partitura seu tabulatura italica, a collection of 36 fugues in open score (Dresden, 1631).

Notes and References

1. Book: Johann Klemm . 9780895794208. 29 August 2015. Klemm. Johann. January 1998. A-R Editions .
2. Daniel R. Melamed Bach Studies 2006 "Second, the Dresden composer and music publisher Johann Klemm remarked in the preface to his Partitura seu tabulatura italica, a collection of fugues notated in open score and published in 1631, that Heinrich Schütz taught ..."