Background
Selle was born in Zörbig but received his first instruction in 1622 in Leipzig where he was a pupil of Johann Schein.
Selle was born in Zörbig but received his first instruction in 1622 in Leipzig where he was a pupil of Johann Schein.
lieutenant was around this time that he encountered the works of Thomaskantor Sethus Calvisius. Selle was cantor in Heide (Holstein) in 1624 and in 1625 in nearby Wesselburen. From 1634 he was cantor in Itzehoe and from 1641 Music Director at the Johanneum of the four main churches of Hamburg.
From 1642 as well as minor canon at Street Mary"son
While in Hamburg, he premiered his Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes, which garnered favorable reviews. He died in Hamburg after serving 22 years in his position as music director
6 geistliche Konzerte, bearbeitet von A. Egidi, Berlin 1929
Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes mit Intermedien, herausgegeben von R. Gerber, Wolfenbüttel 1933.