Gallus Dressler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gallus Dressler

German composer

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1533

Place of Birth: Nebra, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: composer, musicologist, music theorist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Gallus Dressler (16 October 1533 – 1580/9) was a German composer and music theorist who served as Kantor in the church school at Magdeburg.
Though a few of his works have remained in the choral repertoire, he is best known for his theoretical writings, especially his Praecepta musicae poeticae (MS, 1563), which contains some of the earliest detailed description of the compositional process of the Renaissance motet.