Artist Info: Jan Simbracky

Ján [Johannes] Šimbracký [Schimbracki, Schimrag, Schimrack, Schimrak] (d. 1657) was a Slovak composer and organist. In 1630 he bought a house in Spišské Podhradie and from 1637 until his death he was a member of the town’s municipal council. His compositions were copied and performed in many places in Slovakia; one of them, Gott stehet in der Gemeine Gottes, was used as incidental music to a play by Peter Eisenberg, Ein zwiefacher poetischer Act, performed in Prešov in 1651. [read more...]