Sigmund Theophil Staden (6 November 1607 – 30 July 1655) was an important early German composer. Staden was born in Kulmbach in the Principality of Bayreuth, son of Johann Staden, the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school. Based in Nuremberg, he was the composer of Seelewig (1644), the first German Singspiel. The only other works of his that survive are three Friedens-Gesänge from 1651. Recordings Seelewig (1644) CPO Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey - Musik für Den Westfälischen Frieden. Manfred Cordes. CPO 999 571-2 (1997) References 1607 births 1655 deaths German Baroque composers German opera composers Male opera composers Pupils of Johann Staden 17th-century classical composers German male classical composers 17th-century male musicians