Gumpelzhaimer, Adam
(1559–1625)
ADAM GUMPELZHAIMERGUMPELZHAIMER, ADAMADAM GUMPELZHAIMER [* 1559-† 1625] Adam Gumpelzhaimer borrowed extensively from Heinrich FABER's Compendiolum musicae of 1548 to create an elementary pedagogical work, called Compendium musicae (1591), under his own name. An abundance of music examples, many in two parts, are incorporated, thereby continuing the bicinium tradition of the Lutheran Latin schools. Since Christoph Rid had already published a German translation of FABER's work in 1572, the task…