Matthias Greitter
# Matthias Greitter

Matthias Greitter, also Matthäus Greiter, (ca. 1495 – 20 December 1550) was a German priest, cantor and composer.

## Life

Greitter was born in Aichach. He became priest and cantor at Strasbourg Cathedral. In 1524 he joined the new Reformed Church. In 1538 he accepted a position of music teacher at the Collegium Argentinense (later University of Strasbourg). In 1549 he moved back to the Catholic religion and founded a Catholic school of singing, but he died the following year in Strasbourg, presumably from the plague.

## Works

### Sacred works

* Domine non secundum, motet, 2 parts, 1545
* Passibus ambiguis/Fortuna desperata, motet, 4 parts
* Christ ist erstanden/Christus surrexit, motet, 5 parts
* 7 psalms
* Kyrie
* Gloria
* Credo
* Alleluia

### Secular works

* 16 songs, 4–5 parts
