Johann Andreas Herbst

Johann Andreas Herbst (baptized June 9, 1588–January 24, 1666) was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the grand Venetian style and the other features of the early Baroque into Protestant Germany.

Recording

• Lost Music of Early America. Telarc CD 80482. (Note: This CD has a lot of music from the 18th century Moravian community in North America, but includes several pieces by Herbst, who was popular with the Moravians.)