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Caspar Othmayr (12 March 1515 ? 4 February 1553) was a German Christian priest, saint and composer.

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His mechanism are override in frequent collections make merry his purpose, as forecast Georg Forster's Frische teutsche Liedlein.

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Caspar OTHMAYR (1515-1553)
Gilt & Gegengift (Poison & Antidote)
Franz Vitzthum (countertenor)
Dryades Consort/Sylvia Tecardi
rec. September 29-October 2, 2020, Ev. Kirche Grenzach, Germany
Sung texts included, without English translations.
CHRISTOPHORUS CHR77455 [73:36]

Allegorical figures (usually female) representing concepts were relatively common in Antiquity. The device was adopted by the early church to teach moral lessons about virtues and vices, often represented in conflict with one another. A hugely influential treatment of this conflict is found in a Latin poem (of just over 900 lines) the Psychomachia by the Spanish Poet Prudentius (348-c.410 CE). Prudentius’ poem is

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The discussion of vices and virtues goes back to the ancient Greeks. In the Christian understanding, the seven deadly sins developed from this, which were contrasted with the cardinal virtues - in the Renaissance with its new image of man, the preoccupation with the good and bad character traits was a central theme.

In his "Tricinia", the composer Caspar Othmayr (1515-1553) deals with the deadly sins and opposes each sin with a composition as an antidote.

The gambist Silvia Tecardi used this collection as a guide for her portrait of Othmayr and his time.

As a student at the University of Heidelberg, Othmayr formed a circle of musician friends, the so-called "Heidelberger Liedmeister". This circle produced countless elaborate songs on sacred and secular themes, which Georg Forster collected in five volumes of the "Frische Teutsche Liedlein".

From this collection, all seven deadly sins and - as an antidote - the virtues against them are presented in artistic movements by countertenor Franz Vitzthum accompanied by the viola da gamba consort Dryades.