Johann Melchior Gletle (July 1626 – 6 September 1683) was a Swiss organist, Kapellmeister and composer.
Life Gletle was born in Bremgarten. He was a prolific composer of church music - masses, psalms, motets, and also several pieces for the tromba marina.Willi Apel (ed.): Harvard Dictionary of Music (1969), p. 819: "The 17th century produced Johann Melchior Gletle (1626-84), a prolific composer of Masses, psalms, motets, and also some pieces for *tromba marina".Cecil Adkins, Alis Dickinson, Williams Buck: A Trumpet by Any Other Name. A History of the Trumpet Marine, vol. 1 (1991): "The most prolific of the Germanic composers for trumpet marine was Johann Gletle, who included with the seventeen secular part songs of his Musica genialis thirty-six unaccompanied duets and two trio sonatas for ..." He died, aged 57, in Augsburg.
Works, editions and recordings Works Motetta Sacra concertata, Op. 1 (1667) 36 Trompeter-Stückle (1675), edited by Christian Blümel (Leverkusen: Mark Tezak, 1985) Beatus Vir (Psalm 111) (1676/1677) (Ammerbuch: C. Hofius, 2010) Expeditio musicae, classis IV, Op. 5 (1677) Cantate Domino, motet for soprano, tenor, 2 violins, 2 violas, Cello and continuo, edited by Eberhard Hofmann (Ditzingen: Edition Musica Rinata, 2005) O wie ein so rauhe Krippen (Vilsbiburg: Musica pretiosa, 1996) Puellule decore, pastorella (Magdeburg: Edition Walhall, 2005) Litaneien op. 6 (1681) Marienvesper O benignissime Jesu, motet (Strasbourg: Les Cahiers De Tourdion, 2001)Verlag Les Cahiers De Tourdion
Recordings Vespers in Vienna. Pierre Cao Complete Motets Op. 5 4CD Daniela Dolci Celebremus Cum Gaudio Motets Op. 5 and Op. 1 Triomphale Canticum Motets Op. 5 and Op. 1
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