Melchior Neusiedler

Melchior Neusidler (also Neusiedler , Neysidler or Newsidler ; * around 1531 in Nuremberg ; † around 1591 in Augsburg) was a German lutenist and composer. Melchior Neusidler comes from the Neusidler family of lutenists, who probably got their name from their origins in the area around Lake Neusiedl . He was born in Nuremberg in 1531 as the eldest son of the lute player and composer Hans Neusidler (1510–1563) and grew up with 13 (17?) other siblings in his parents' house on Zotenberg near the Obstmarkt (a younger brother