Henning Dedekind
Henning Dedekind was a German Lutheran clergyman, and a composer.
Life and family
He was born in Neustadt am Rübenberge, and studied in Erfurt, matriculating in 1582. In 1586 he moved to Langensalza, where he was initially a cantor, and later a preacher. From 1615 he was a priest in Gebesee; he died there in 1626.He married in 1590 Christine, daughter of Melchior Stiefel, a businessman; they had several children. He married about 1617 Dorothea, widow of Heinrich Heilschwing, a jeweller. Among the children of Henning and Christine Dedekind was Stephan Dedekind, a priest in Reinsdorf, Thuringia and father of the composer and poet Constantin Christian Dedekind.
Works
The following works by Dedekind were printed in Erfurt:- Dodekatonon musicum Triciniorum. Neuwe ausserlesene Tricinia auff fürtreffliche lustige Texte....
- Soldatenleben.... 5 voc. zum Gebrauch für allerlei Instrumente
- Eine Kindermusik für die jetzt allererst anfangenden Knaben, in richtige Fragen und gründliche Antworten gebracht
- ''Praecursor metricus musicae artis''