Mirantisches Flötlein, Oder Geistliche Schäfferey - Schnüffis, Laurentius von 1633-1702 (Costanz Hauff, 1682)
Laurentius von Schnüffis was a scholar, actor, tenor, preacher, composer and poet, first active at the Hoftheater in Innsbruck, then as Capucin monk
He was crowned poet by Emperor Leopold I for his Mirantisches Flötlein.
A special feature of his work is his attempt to combine the mythology of antiquity with Christian tradition. Depictions of nature also play a major role. As he saw his poems as edifying literature for a wide audience, he often offered his readers explanations of difficult passages.
incomplete, engraved frontispiece is missing
Musical examples excusively for voice and basso continuo
Ex libris Peter Nikolais Sures 1921-1981 (Plate)
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Poetry; Mythology; Song; Vocal music; Moral education; Catholicism; Austria; muzieknotatie; drukfouten; echoeffekt