Editing Leonhard Lechner (section)

== Life ==
Lechner was born in [[South Tyrol]] in 1553.<ref name="Grove"/>

Lechner was originally Catholic but became a Protestant as an adult. As a boy, he sang in the Bayrische Kantorei in [[Landshut]], led by [[Orlande de Lassus]].<ref name="Heilige" /> It was a group of the Bavarian Hofkapelle (court chapel). He was regarded as Lassus' "most distinguished pupil and a great creative force in German music".<ref name="WBAI"/>

Lechner was probably in Italy during the 1570s. From 1575, he taught at a school in [[Nuremberg]].<ref name="Heilige" /> He led an association of upper-class music lovers, {{lang|de|Ehrbare musikalische Gesellschaft}}, which sponsored the publication of religious and secular works.<ref name="Heilige" /> He married a [[Burgher (title)|burgher]]'s daughter in Nuremberg and his intent was to live there with his wife. From 1582, he was responsible for music in the town.<ref name="Heilige" />

In 1584, he was appointed as {{lang|de|[[kapellmeister]]}} by [[Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern]] in Hechingen. As the count supported the [[Counter-Reformation]], Lechner left his employment after one year due to their religious differences. He then asked [[Louis III, Duke of Württemberg]], for protection. Lechner became a [[tenor]] singer at the [[Stuttgart#Early Modern era|court of Stuttgart]], later becoming a court composer and then a court {{lang|de|kapellmeister}}, and church musician at the [[Stiftskirche (Stuttgart)|Stiftskirche]].<ref name="Heilige" />

Lechner was ill for years.<ref name="WBAI">{{cite web |url=http://www.hoasm.org/IVH/Lechner.html |title=Leonhard Lechner |last=Whent |first=Chris |website=Here Of A Sunday Morning |publisher=[[WBAI]] |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref> He died on 9 September 1606 in Stuttgart.<ref name="Grove"/>