DEMANTIUS, CHRISTOPH. — Musician, born at Reichenberg in Bohemia on 15 Dec. 1567, died at Freiberg in Saxony on 20 Apr. 1643.
Singer, composer, theorist; he wrote much music, including a Te Deum for six voices; Trias precum vespertinarium; Magnificats, psalms, etc., for six voices; Corona harmonica, motets for six voices; Triades Sioniae; introits and Masses for five and eight voices; etc. He published two theoretical works on musical form and art in 1592 and 1607.