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(1553-1606) Austrian Renaissance composer, a pupil of Lassus. The little we know shows him to have been one of the most important composers of choral music, whose later endeavours to blend the elements of madrigal and motet led to a uniform individual style towering over contemporary art-forms.
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Lechner, Leonhard
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Biography including conflicts over faith, religious works, and lieder from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
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Leonhard Lechner (1553-1606)
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Entry with The Lied and Art Song Texts Page includes German text of Gott b'hüte dich.
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Leonhard Lechner
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Biography from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program includes partial discography and information about the German lied.
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Leonhard Lechner: Works
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Critical edition of his works in 14 volumes.
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