Artist Info: Thomas Stoltzer

Thomas Stoltzer, also Stolczer, Scholczer (ca. 1480, Schweidnitz, Silesia - 1526, near Znaim, Moravia) was a German composer of the Renaissance.

Nothing is known of Stoltzer's early life, though he is thought to have come from the same family as Clemens Stoltzer, who was a town clerk in Schweidnitz, and to have been born in Schweidnitz, Silesia. Stoltzer may have studied with Heinrich Finck; while no concrete evidence of this association exists, [read more...]