Artist Info: Hans Kotter

Hans Kotter (Composer)

Born: c1480 (or c1485) - Strassburg
Died: 1541 - Berne, Switzerland

The German/Swiss organist and composer, Hans Kotter, studied with Paul Hofhaimer from 1498 to 1500. He was was organist at the Saxon court at Torgau until 1508, and then held posts at Freiburg im Breisgau and Fribourg (Switzerland). As a Protestant he was imprisond, tortured and exiled in 1522. At the instance of the Strassburg oouncil he obtained his freedom in 1530. [read more...]